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Erotic passage involving Romeo (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carnal

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'erotic' is the definition.
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'passage involving romeo' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'romeo' could be 'r' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'r' is present in the answer.
'passage' could be 'canal' (canal is a kind of passage) and 'canal' is found in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for carnal that I've seen before include "Animal" , "Of the flesh, not spiritual" , "Flesh-eating" , "Relating to physical needs" , "Erotic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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