Romantic relations! (5)

I believe the answer is:

tales

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'romantic relations' is the definition.
'tales' can be an answer for 'relations' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the 'romantic' bit.

'romantic relations' is the wordplay.
'romantic' becomes 'tal' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'relations' becomes 'Es' (E is an example).
'tal'+'es'='TALES'

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(Other definitions for tales that I've seen before include "provided for defective juries" , "Lies" , "Stories, perhaps tall ones" , "Relations" , "reports" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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