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New way to make love (by the book) (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

novel

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'book' is the definition.
(I know that novel is a type of book)

'new way to make love by' is the wordplay.
'new way' becomes 'n' (Compass direction - North. I am not sure about the 'new' bit.).
'to make' indicates an anagram.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'love' is an anagram of 'ovel'.
'n'+'ovel'='NOVEL'

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for novel that I've seen before include "book such as Brave New World" , "Volume of prose fiction" , "New; original" , "piece of writing" , "story" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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