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Speak about licentious love of spicy sausage (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

saveloy

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'spicy sausage' is the definition.
(I know that Saveloy are spicy)

'speak about licentious love' is the wordplay.
'speak' becomes 'say' (I've seen this in another clue).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'licentious love' becomes 'velo' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'say' enclosing 'velo' is 'SAVELOY'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for saveloy that I've seen before include "Highly seasoned pork sausage - love, say (anag)" , "Type of sausage" , "Big sausage" , "One using brains originally" , "Spicy sausage" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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