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Tolerate immense endless sign of affection (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bearhug

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'sign of affection' is the definition.
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'tolerate immense endless' is the wordplay.
'tolerate' becomes 'bear' (synonyms).
'immense' becomes 'huge' (synonyms).
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'huge' with its last letter removed is 'hug'.
'bear'+'hug'='BEARHUG'

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