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Place of retreat when becoming overwhelmed by Love Island? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

oasis

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'place' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Place of refreshment ' mean 'oasis' so perhaps 'place' could also mean 'oasis')

'retreat when becoming overwhelmed by love island?' is the wordplay.
'retreat' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'when becoming' becomes 'sa' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'overwhelmed by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (I've seen this in other clues).
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'island?' becomes 'is'.
'sa' back-to-front is 'as'.
'o'+'is'='ois'
'as' going into 'ois' is 'OASIS'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for oasis that I've seen before include "place of refuge" , "Place of refreshment" , "source of water" , "Fertile area in desert" , "can provide welcome relief" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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