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The woman with no ring in love gets put off (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shelve

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'put off' is the definition.
('shelve' can be a synonym of 'put off')

'the woman with no ring in love' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'woman' could be 'shel' and 'shel' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'gets' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for shelve that I've seen before include "Slope gently" , "Defer (a plan/project)" , "Put aside for the present - on a ledge?" , "Provide space for books" , "Abandon, defer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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