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Forest with walnut ultimately burning (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ardent

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

'forest with walnut ultimately' is the wordplay.
'forest' becomes 'arden' (Forest of Arden).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ultimately' says to take the final letters.
The last letter of 'walnut' is 't'.
'arden'+'t'='ARDENT'

(Other definitions for ardent that I've seen before include "Passionate, fervent" , "Warm and loving" , "Intensely devoted" , "Loving and fiery" , "Passionate, full of feeling" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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