Calm last words about Troy personalities (12)

I believe the answer is:

temperaments

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'troy personalities' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both human attributes as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'calm last words' is the wordplay.
'calm' becomes 'temper' (I've seen this before).
'last words' becomes 'aments' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'temper'+'aments'='TEMPERAMENTS'

'about' acts as a link.

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I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.

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