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There's much love for this game (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

faro

'this game' is the definition.
(faro is a kind of game)

'there's much love' is the wordplay.
'there's' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'much' becomes 'far' (I've seen this in other clues).
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'far' next to 'o' is 'FARO'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for faro that I've seen before include "European port" , "Portuguese city" , "Portuguese, 22 [RESORT]" , "Gambling game - Algarve capital" , "Atlantic port" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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