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Love the guys signal (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

omen

'signal' is the definition.
(omen is a kind of signal)

'love the guys' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'the guys' becomes 'men'.
'o'+'men'='OMEN'

(Other definitions for omen that I've seen before include "Sign of something about to happen" , "Augury, portent" , "Harbinger, augury" , "Harbinger, portent" , "Portent of evil" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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