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Love helping to support bustle (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adoration

'love' is the definition.
(to adore someone is to love them)

'helping to support bustle' is the wordplay.
'helping' becomes 'ration' (a ration is a serving or helping).
'to support' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters hold up others).
'bustle' becomes 'ado' (synonyms).
'ration' after 'ado' is 'ADORATION'.

(Other definitions for adoration that I've seen before include "Not a radio (anag.)" , "high regard" , "Feeling of profound love" , "praise" , "passionate allegiance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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