Wield the rod, extremely passionate (3-3)
I believe the answer is:
red-hot
'extremely passionate' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'wield the rod' is the wordplay.
'wield' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'the'+'rod'='therod'
'therod' with letters rearranged gives 'RED-HOT'.
(Other definitions for red-hot that I've seen before include "Very, very warm" , "Very heated, popular" , "Of news, new and burning" , "Glowing; passionate" , "Glowing warmly" .)