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Showing love, our Sam somehow gets hold of ring (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amorous

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

'our sam somehow gets hold of ring' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates an anagram.
'gets hold of' is an insertion indicator.
'ring' becomes 'O' (O is the shape of a ring).
'our'+'sam'='oursam'
'oursam' anagrammed gives 'amrous'.
'amrous' going around 'o' is 'AMOROUS'.

(Other definitions for amorous that I've seen before include "Sexy" , "Feeling or showing romantic love" , "Loving, passionate" , "Expressing love" , "Like lovers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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