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Sweet boy following you and me around (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sugary

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

'boy following you and me around' is the wordplay.
'boy' becomes 'gary' (**).
'following' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'you and me' becomes 'us'.
'around' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'us' written backwards gives 'su'.
'gary' put after 'su' is 'SUGARY'.

(Other definitions for sugary that I've seen before include "Sweet, syrupy" , "Over-sentimental" , "Excessively sentimental" , "Sweet, perhaps too much so" , "Excessively sweet or saccharine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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