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Says ill-tempered things to passionate photo (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

snapshot

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'photo' is the definition.
(I know that snapshot is a type of photo)

'says ill-tempered things to passionate' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'passionate' could be 'hot' (associated in meaning) and 'hot' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'snaps' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for snapshot that I've seen before include "Quick photo" , "Informal photo" , "still taken quickly" , "pic" , "Instant record of an event" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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