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Manage to put off receiving love song (9)

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I believe the answer is:

roundelay

'song' is the definition.
(I know that roundelay is a type of song)

'manage to put off receiving love' is the wordplay.
'manage' becomes 'run' (both can mean to organise).
'to put off' becomes 'delay' (I've seen this in another clue).
'receiving' is an insertion indicator.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'run'+'delay'='rundelay'
'rundelay' placed around 'o' is 'ROUNDELAY'.

(Other definitions for roundelay that I've seen before include "Circle dance; simple song" , "Slow, circling medieval dance" , "Short, simple song" , "Slow, medieval dance, in a circle" , "Slow dance - song with refrain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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