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Males were simply crazy about her love (6)

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I believe the answer is:

salome

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'males were simply crazy' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'her love' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'her' could be 'sal' and 'sal' is located in the answer.
'love' could be 'o' (love means zero in tennis) and 'o' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'me' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'about' is the link.

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(Other definitions for salome that I've seen before include "She danced for the head of John the Baptist" , "Opera by Richard Strauss" , "She demanded head of John the Baptist" , "Biblical dancer" , "She danced famously for Herod" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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