Search for another, so sick of losing love (7)
I believe the answer is:
fossick
'search' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are verbs in their base form.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'another so sick of losing love' is the wordplay.
'another' indicates an anagram.
'losing' is a deletion indicator.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'so'+'sick'+'of'='sosickof'
'sosickof' with 'o' removed is 'ssickof'.
'ssickof' anagrammed gives 'FOSSICK'.
'for' is the link.
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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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