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A passion that’s burning (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

afire

'burning' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a passion' is the wordplay.
'passion' becomes 'fire' (fire is a kind of passion).
'a'+'fire'='AFIRE'

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for afire that I've seen before include "Alight" , "Ablaze" , "Burning" , "in flames" , "Blazing - excited" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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