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Short distance call made out of love (5)

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I believe the answer is:

local

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'short distance' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'call made out of love' is the wordplay.
'made' indicates anagramming the letters.
'out of' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'call' is an anagram of 'lcal'.
'lcal' placed around 'o' is 'LOCAL'.

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(Other definitions for local that I've seen before include "Close to home - public house" , "In nearby area" , "Of the particular neighbourhood" , "round the corner" , "Regional, parochial" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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