Extremely enthusiastic about Asian poets (10)

I believe the answer is:

passionate

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'extremely enthusiastic' is the definition.
'passionate' can be an answer for 'enthusiastic' (associated in meaning). I'm not sure about the 'extremely' bit.

'about asian poets' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'asian'+'poets'='asianpoets'
'asianpoets' anagrammed gives 'PASSIONATE'.

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(Other definitions for passionate that I've seen before include "Burning" , "Showing intense feeling" , "Very keen" , "Ardent" , "Easily moved" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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