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Rashly dared to embrace the love one worshipped (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adored

'one worshipped' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'rashly dared to embrace the love' is the wordplay.
'rashly' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'to embrace' indicates putting letters inside.
'the love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'dared' is an anagram of 'adred'.
'adred' placed around 'o' is 'ADORED'.

(Other definitions for adored that I've seen before include "having lover" , "Loved intensely" , "Doted on" , "Idolised" , "Loved deeply" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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