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Praise? It follows Dua Lipa regularly around (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plaudit

'praise?' is the definition.
(I know that praise can be written as plaudit)

'it follows dua lipa regularly around' is the wordplay.
'follows' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'around' says the letters should be written backwards.
The alternating letters of 'lipa' are 'lp'.
'dua'+'lp'='dualp'
'dualp' in reverse letter order is 'plaud'.
'it' after 'plaud' is 'PLAUDIT'.

(Other definitions for plaudit that I've seen before include "Cheer" , "Acclaim" , "Round of applause" , "Expression of praise or approval" , "Enthusiastic approval" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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