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Beloved learner in enterprise (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

darling

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'beloved' is the definition.
(I know that beloved can be written as darling)

'learner in enterprise' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'learner' could be 'l' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car) and 'l' is found within the answer.
'in' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'darg' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for darling that I've seen before include "Term of endearment" , "Australian tributary of the Murray River, sweetheart" , "Beloved" , "Favourite" , "Wendy's family (Peter Pan)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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