Crossword Genius

Deeply thoughtful, keen to raise issue (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

broody

I believe this is a double definition.

'deeply thoughtful' is the first definition.
(to brood is to engage in deep thought)

'keen to raise issue' is the second definition.
(issue can mean a person's offspring)

(Other definitions for broody that I've seen before include "Ready and wanting to have children" , "Ready to incubate eggs" , "Pensive" , "Morbidly thoughtful" , "Thoughtful, unhappy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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