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Burning pictures outside study (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ardent

'burning' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'pictures outside study' is the wordplay.
'pictures' becomes 'art'.
'outside' is an insertion indicator.
'study' becomes 'den' (term for a study or office).
'art' going around 'den' is 'ARDENT'.

(Other definitions for ardent that I've seen before include "Ranted badly and became earnest in love" , "full of zeal" , "Burning, passionate" , "Ranted, being passionate" , "Passionate and glowing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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