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Malcontent with love for Marx? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

groucho

'marx?' is the definition.
(comedian Groucho Marx)

'malcontent with love' is the wordplay.
'malcontent' becomes 'grouch' (both can mean a dissatisfied person).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'grouch'+'o'='GROUCHO'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for groucho that I've seen before include "One of Harpo's brothers" , "A Marx; a club" , "Funny man" , "One of Marx Brothers" , "One of four comedian brothers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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