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Tipsy, I ran after love (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oiled

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

'i ran after love' is the wordplay.
'ran' becomes 'led' ('lead' can be a synonym of 'run').
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'i'+'led'='iled'
'iled' put after 'o' is 'OILED'.

(Other definitions for oiled that I've seen before include "as silk may be" , "Lubricated (with drink?)" , "greasy" , "Lubricated or drunk" , "running smoothly?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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