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Make a silly person say where were those calories you absorbed? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

infatuate

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'make a silly person' is the definition.
(make someone infatuated)

'where were those calories you absorbed?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'you' could be 'u' (commonly used in online communication) and 'u' is present in the answer.
'absorbed?' could be 'ate' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'ate' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'say' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for infatuate that I've seen before include "entrance" , "Produce passion" , "obsess" , "Make a fool of" , "Inspire with a sudden passion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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