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Upset Liberal in love (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nil

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

'upset liberal in' is the wordplay.
'upset' says the letters should be written backwards.
'liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
'l'+'in'='lin'
'lin' written backwards gives 'NIL'.

(Other definitions for nil that I've seen before include "Latin zero" , "Nothing - in Latin" , "Love" , "Nothing, naught" , "Non-existent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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