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Stick around, love, and there'll be a boat (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

canoe

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'boat' is the definition.
(I know that canoe is a type of boat)

'stick around love' is the wordplay.
'stick' becomes 'cane' (cane is a kind of stick).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'cane' placed around 'o' is 'CANOE'.

'and there'll be a' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for canoe that I've seen before include "Boat that's paddled" , "Boat one paddles" , "Light, narrow open boat" , "Simple boat" , "Primitive boat" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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