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Playing the 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 the oldies i' is the wordplay.
'playing' is an anagram indicator.
'oldies'+'i'='oldiesi'
'oldiesi' anagrammed gives 'IDOLISE'.

(Other definitions for idolise that I've seen before include "Hero-worship, revere" , "Worship (S, not Z)" , "Revere (someone) greatly or excessively" , "Worship extravagantly" , "Pay inordinate attention to" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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