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Warmth of fire behind chain of mountains tops (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

compassion

'warmth' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'fire behind chain of mountains tops' is the wordplay.
'fire' becomes 'passion' (I've seen this before**).
'behind' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'tops' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'chain of mountains' is 'com'.
'passion' after 'com' is 'COMPASSION'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for compassion that I've seen before include "Sympathy for another's suffering" , "Fellow-feeling" , "Kindness" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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