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Loving American politician touring area (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amatory

'loving' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'american politician touring area' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'Am' (abbreviation in some contexts).
'politician' becomes 'tory' (term for a Conservative Party politician).
'touring' means one lot of letters goes inside another (tour can mean to go around).
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'am'+'tory'='amtory'
'amtory' going around 'a' is 'AMATORY'.

(Other definitions for amatory that I've seen before include "declaration of love" , "relating to sexual desire?" , "Passionate" , "Loving" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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