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Reportedly strain to make love potion (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

philtre

'love potion' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'reportedly strain' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'strain' becomes 'filter' (synonyms).
'filter' sounds like 'PHILTRE'.

'to make' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for philtre that I've seen before include "It makes you love" , "Love-potion" , "Exciting drink" , "Magic love potion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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