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Love now extinguished? (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

old flame

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'love now extinguished?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'love' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'love' could be 'flame' (I've seen this before) and 'flame' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'old' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for old flame that I've seen before include "Someone once loved" , "Former partner" , "still 1 across [ALIGHT], it seems" , "Former lover" , "Ex-lover - the fire still burns" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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