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Saucy sort of advance leads to absolutely torrid affair (7)

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I believe the answer is:

passata

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'saucy sort' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'advance leads to absolutely torrid affair' is the wordplay.
'advance' becomes 'pass' (passing is a kind of advancing).
'leads to' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letters of 'absolutely torrid affair' is 'ata'.
'pass'+'ata'='PASSATA'

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(Other definitions for passata that I've seen before include "Sieved tomato puree" , "Tomato sauce" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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