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Bishop has passionate spirit (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brandy

'spirit' is the definition.
(alcoholic spirit)

'bishop has passionate' is the wordplay.
'bishop' becomes 'B' (chess abbreviation).
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'passionate' becomes 'randy' (randy means sexually aroused).
'b'+'randy'='BRANDY'

(Other definitions for brandy that I've seen before include "Liquor distilled from wine" , "Spirit from grapes" , "Strong liquor" , "Of a legal entity acting as an individual" , "Reviving alcoholic spirit" .)

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