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Playing oldies I love (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

idolise

'love' is the definition.
('love'->'idolize' is in my internal thesaurus and 'ize'->'ise')

'playing oldies i' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates an anagram.
'oldies'+'i'='oldiesi'
'oldiesi' with letters rearranged gives 'IDOLISE'.

(Other definitions for idolise that I've seen before include "Revere, love greatly" , "Hero-worship, revere" , "Worship to extremes" , "Worship extravagantly" , "Doilies to worship" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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