Cold hand uncharged? (11)

I believe the answer is:

passionless

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'cold' is the definition.
(associated in meaning)

'hand uncharged?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'hand' could be 'pass' (synonyms) and 'pass' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for passionless that I've seen before include "Frigid" , "unfeeling" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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