Passion displayed by north eastern girl (5)
I believe the answer is:
irene
'girl' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'passion displayed by north eastern' is the wordplay.
'passion' becomes 'ire' (I've seen this before).
'displayed by' says to put letters next to each other.
'north' becomes 'n' ('N' can be a synonym of 'north').
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'ire'+'n'+'e'='IRENE'
(Other definitions for irene that I've seen before include "US actress, -- Dunne" , "Representative of peace" , "- - Worth, actress" , "Girl's name (meaning Peace)" , "Girl's name; Soames Forsyte's first wife" .)