Firm desire to go back after that rabbit (5)
I believe the answer is:
coney
'rabbit' is the definition.
('coney' can be a synonym of 'rabbit')
'firm desire to go back after' is the wordplay.
'firm' becomes 'co' (a firm is a company).
'desire' becomes 'yen' (yen is a kind of desire**).
'to go back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'yen' in reverse letter order is 'ney'.
'co'+'ney'='CONEY'
'that' acts as a link.
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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