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Native love call stirred (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

local

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

'love call stirred' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'stirred' is an anagram indicator.
'o'+'call'='ocall'
'ocall' is an anagram of 'LOCAL'.

(Other definitions for local that I've seen before include "Pub around the corner?" , "Of the particular neighbourhood" , "bar" , "Regional, parochial" , "Stopping regularly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News and The Globe and Mail.
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