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Produced out of love, but full of holes? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bored

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'produced out of love but full of holes?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'produced out of love' is the wordplay.
'produced' becomes 'bred' (breeding is a kind of producing).
'out of' is an insertion indicator (some letters on the outside of others).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'bred' going around 'o' is 'BORED'.

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(Other definitions for bored that I've seen before include "Drilled (a hole)" , "Fed up - tired of the world" , "Drilled; fed up" , "Robed (anag.)" , "Unstimulated" .)

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