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Brightness and passion shown by engineers (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lustre

'brightness' is the definition.
(I know that lustre is a type of brightness)

'passion shown by engineers' is the wordplay.
'passion' becomes 'lust' (I've seen this before).
'shown by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'engineers' becomes 're' (abbreviation for Royal Engineers).
'lust'+'re'='LUSTRE'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for lustre that I've seen before include "Radiance; reflective surface" , "Reflected light, sheen" , "Period" , "Gloss, brightness" , "Glory; soft glow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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