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Sarah gives Rosalie heart (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sal

'sarah' is the definition.
(Sally is a common pet form of Sarah)

'rosalie heart' is the wordplay.
'heart' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle letters of 'rosalie' are 'SAL'.

'gives' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sal that I've seen before include "girl?" , "- - volatile" , "Sarah (dim.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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