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Thus the passionate like wild weather (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stormy

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'weather' is the definition.
(I have seen 'bad weather' mean 'stormy' so perhaps 'weather' could also mean 'stormy')

'thus the passionate like wild' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
'thus' could be 'so' (synonyms) and 'so' is present in the remaining letters.
'like' could be 'y' (similar in meaning) and 'y' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for stormy that I've seen before include "Emotional" , "''... Weather'' (old torch song)" , "Full of violent feeling" , "Full of angry outbursts" , "Full of violent outbursts" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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