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Warm French cheese cut by hand on Hebridean island (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

compassionate

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'warm' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'french cheese cut by hand on hebridean island' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'by' could be 'at' and 'at' is present in the answer.
'hand' could be 'pass' (synonyms) and 'pass' is found in the answer.
'on' is found in the answer.
'island' could be 'i' (geographical abbreviation) and 'i' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'come' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for compassionate that I've seen before include "Kind" , "Sympathetic and merciful" , "Humanitarian" , "Inclined to pity" , "Kind-hearted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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