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Riskily meddle in passionate drama? (4,4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

play with fire

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'riskily meddle in passionate' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'drama?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'drama?' could be 'play' ('play' can be a synonym of 'drama') and 'play' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for play with fire that I've seen before include "Live dangerously" , "Expose oneself to unnecessary risk" , "Engage in something risky" , "Put oneself in danger" , "Court danger" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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