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Love area’s clean, bracing air (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ozone

'clean bracing air' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'love area's' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'area' becomes 'zone' (zone is a kind of area).
'o'+'zone'='OZONE'

(Other definitions for ozone that I've seen before include "Protection" , "bracing atmosphere" , "Seaside air, maybe" , "Stratospheric layer of gas -- invigorating sea air" , "Sea-air" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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