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Very passionate about loincloth one’s taken off (3-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

red-hot

'very passionate' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'about loincloth one's taken off' is the wordplay.
'about' becomes 're' (regarding).
'loincloth' becomes 'dhoti' (dhoti is a kind of loincloth).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'taken off' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'dhoti' with 'i' taken away is 'dhot'.
're'+'dhot'='RED-HOT'

(Other definitions for red-hot that I've seen before include "Glowing; extremely popular" , "Of news, new and burning" , "Very good" , "(Of information) very recently received" , "Extremely passionate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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