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Forest with walnut finally burning (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ardent

'burning' is the definition.
(both can mean passionate)

'forest with walnut finally' is the wordplay.
'forest' becomes 'Arden' (forest in Shakespeare's As You Like It).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'finally' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'walnut' is 't'.
'arden'+'t'='ARDENT'

(Other definitions for ardent that I've seen before include "Ranted badly and became earnest in love" , "Intensely devoted" , "Fiery and passionate" , "very interested" , "Ranted, being passionate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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