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Weapon that makes passion go haywire (6,3)

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I believe the answer is:

poison gas

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'weapon that' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.

'passion go haywire' is the wordplay.
'haywire' indicates anagramming the letters.
'passion'+'go'='passiongo'
'passiongo' with letters rearranged gives 'POISON-GAS'.

'makes' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for poison gas that I've seen before include "Such as chlorine" , "Eg, sarin or phosgene" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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