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Rant wildly about love, yet betray (3,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rat on

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'betray' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'rant wildly about love yet' is the wordplay.
'wildly' indicates an anagram.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'love yet' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis. I am not sure about the 'yet' bit.).
'rant' with letters rearranged gives 'ratn'.
'ratn' placed around 'o' is 'RAT ON'.

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(Other definitions for rat on that I've seen before include "shop" , "Betray" , "Give away" , "grass up" , "desert" .)

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