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Sleazy nightclub limiting Romeo's enthusiasm (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drive

'enthusiasm' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'sleazy nightclub limiting romeo's' is the wordplay.
'sleazy nightclub' becomes 'dive'.
'limiting' is an insertion indicator.
'romeo' becomes 'r' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'dive' enclosing 'r' is 'DRIVE'.

(Other definitions for drive that I've seen before include "High motivation, ambition" , "Use Aston Martin, say" , "zip" , "Motor < car storage space" , "run saloon?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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