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Frank possibly has Capone's temper (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anneal

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'temper' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'frank possibly has capone's' is the wordplay.
'frank possibly' becomes 'anne' (Anne Frank, Holocaust victim. I am not sure about the 'possibly' bit.).
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'capone' becomes 'Al' (gangster Al Capone).
'anne'+'al'='ANNEAL'

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(Other definitions for anneal that I've seen before include "Long angry speech" , "Toughen using heat" , "Toughen by a process of gradually heating and cooling" , "Harden by heating and cooling" , "Destress using heat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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