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Speak of making love for payment (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orate

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'speak of' is the definition.
'orate' can be an answer for 'speak' (orating is a kind of speaking). I am unsure of the 'of' bit.

'love for payment' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'for payment' becomes 'rate' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'o'+'rate'='ORATE'

'making' is the link.

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(Other definitions for orate that I've seen before include "Give speech" , "Speak in public" , "Declaim or rant" , "Speak pompously and at length" , "Speechify" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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