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What produces comment? Love amongst blokes can (7)

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mention

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'what produces comment?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'love amongst blokes can' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'amongst' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'blokes' becomes 'men' (bloke can informally mean a man).
'can' becomes 'tin' (both are metal containers).
'men'+'tin'='mentin'
'o' going into 'mentin' is 'MENTION'.

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(Other definitions for mention that I've seen before include "Speak of - refer to" , "state" , "Acknowledge" , "Passing reference" , "Make reference to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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