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OK, I need help with love (2-2)

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I believe the answer is:

so-so

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

'i need help with love' is the wordplay.
'i need help' becomes 'SOS' (Save Our Souls distress message).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'sos'+'o'='SO-SO'

(Other definitions for so-so that I've seen before include "Neither good nor bad" , "OK, but nothing special" , "Rather middling" , "Nothing to write home about" , "Only moderately good in repetitive way" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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