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Possibly need a term embracing new love? (10)

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I believe the answer is:

endearment

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'love?' is the definition.

'possibly need a term embracing new' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a term' becomes 'armet' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'embracing' indicates putting letters inside.
'new' becomes 'n'.
'armet' going around 'n' is 'arment'.
'need' anagrammed gives 'ende'.
'ende'+'arment'='ENDEARMENT'

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(Other definitions for endearment that I've seen before include "Affectionate word" , "Affectionate utterance" , "Love, maybe" , "Fondness" , "Word of affection" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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