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Regret nothing, following heart at last for this (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

true love

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'this' is the definition.
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'regret nothing following heart at last' is the wordplay.
'regret' becomes 'rue' (to rue something is to regret it).
'nothing' becomes 'love' (love is zero in tennis).
'following' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'at last' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'heart' is 't'.
'rue'+'love'='ruelove'
'ruelove' after 't' is 'TRUE-LOVE'.

'for' is the link.

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(Another definition for true love that I've seen is " Genuine affection?".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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