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The cry a chap makes out of love! (4)

Ross

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moan

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'the cry' is the definition.
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'a chap makes out of love' is the wordplay.
'a chap makes' becomes 'man' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'out of' indicates putting letters inside.
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'man' enclosing 'o' is 'MOAN'.

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(Other definitions for moan that I've seen before include "bellyache" , "Complain mournfully" , "Bewail" , "Complain; mournful sound" , "Lament; grumble" .)

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