Lover of Shakespeare (5)

I believe the answer is:

romeo

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'lover of shakespeare' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'lover of' is the wordplay.
'lover' becomes 'rome' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'of' becomes 'o''.
'rome'+'o'='ROMEO'

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(Other definitions for romeo that I've seen before include "A great lover" , "Juliet's swain" , "Loving youth" , "He's a letter read out" , "his tragedy one was late?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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