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Pass round the salt showing care and quietness (7)

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I believe the answer is:

stealth

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'pass round' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'the salt showing care and quietness' is the wordplay.
'the salt' anagrams to 'STEALTH'.
But, I'm unsure how the anagram is indicated.

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(Other definitions for stealth that I've seen before include "Cats display this" , "Kind of indirect tax" , "Quiet or secret way of behaviour" , "Unseen machination" , "Secretiveness, furtiveness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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