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Time to dump date: kiss at the back for thrills (10)

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I believe the answer is:

spellbinds

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'thrills' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with human feelings as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'time to dump date kiss at the back' is the wordplay.
'time' becomes 'spell' (both can mean a short period of time).
'to dump' becomes 'bin' (both can mean to throw in the rubbish).
'date' becomes 'd' (common abbreviation eg in DOB, date of birth).
'at the back' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'kiss' is 's'.
'spell'+'bin'+'d'+'s'='SPELLBINDS'

'for' is the link.

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