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Endless bohemian love for animal (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hippo

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

'endless bohemian love' is the wordplay.
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'bohemian' becomes 'hippy' (hippy is a type of bohemian or nonconformist).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'hippy' with its last letter taken off is 'hipp'.
'hipp'+'o'='HIPPO'

(Other definitions for hippo that I've seen before include "Augustine looked after" , "Afr. river mammal" , "Aquatic pachyderm" , "Wallowing creature" , "One thick-skinned" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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