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Assets of passing interest? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

estate

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'assets' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'passing interest?' is the wordplay.
'passing' becomes 'e' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'interest?' becomes 'state' (interest is a kind of state).
'e'+'state'='ESTATE'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for estate that I've seen before include "Car with big luggage area" , "The whole of one's worldly goods" , "Plantation" , "Property to be inherited" , "Scheme of new houses" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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