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Some French anger and longing (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

desire

'longing' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'some french anger' is the wordplay.
'some french' becomes 'des'.
'anger' becomes 'ire' ('ire' can be a synonym of 'anger').
'des'+'ire'='DESIRE'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for desire that I've seen before include "Reside in longing" , "Famous play: ''A Streetcar Named ......''" , "request" , "Covet" , "Want to reside?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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