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Loving a party circle (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adoring

'loving' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a party circle' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'circle' becomes 'ring' ('ring' can be a synonym of 'circle').
'a'+'do'+'ring'='ADORING'

(Other definitions for adoring that I've seen before include "Passionate" , "Showing great affection" , "Worshipping the loved one" , "Greatly loving" , "Worshipping; admiring" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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