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Capital lover and capital love (5)

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I believe the answer is:

romeo

'capital lover' is the definition.
(term for a desirable or 'capital' lover)

'capital love' is the wordplay.
'capital' becomes 'rome' (Rome is an example).
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'rome'+'o'='ROMEO'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for romeo that I've seen before include "A great lover" , "Tragic Shakespeare hero" , "Shakespearean hero" , "Literary lover" , "Lover boy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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