Rue passion running wild in Jane Austen’s work (10)

I believe the answer is:

persuasion

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'jane austen's work' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'rue passion running wild' is the wordplay.
'running wild' indicates an anagram.
'rue'+'passion'='ruepassion'
'ruepassion' is an anagram of 'PERSUASION'.

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(Other definitions for persuasion that I've seen before include "Piano users (anag) -- novel by 14" , "Jane Austen novel" , "book" , "kind of inducement" , "work of Jane Austen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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