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One marsupial in love with another (7)

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I believe the answer is:

opossum

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'one marsupial' is the definition.
(I know that opossum is a type of marsupial)

'in love with another' is the wordplay.
'in love' becomes 'possum' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'another' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'possum' after 'o' is 'OPOSSUM'.

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(Other definitions for opossum that I've seen before include "Native of America" , "American and Australian marsupial, often with the first letter dropped" , "Tree climber" , "American tree-dweller" , "New World marsupial" .)

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