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Love-in-a-mist, recently watered (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

moist

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'recently watered' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives occasionally mean the same thing.

'love-in-a-mist' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'o' inserted inside 'mist' is 'MOIST'.

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(Other definitions for moist that I've seen before include "Dampish" , "sloppy" , "lubricated" , "Affected by tears, perhaps" , "Damp or clammy" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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