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Emotional daddy's boy keeping one consumed (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

passionate

'emotional' is the definition.
('passionate' is associated in meaning with 'emotional')

'daddy's boy keeping one consumed' is the wordplay.
'daddy's' becomes 'pas' ('pa' can be a synonym of 'daddy').
'boy' becomes 'son' ('son' can be a synonym of 'boy'**).
'keeping' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'consumed' becomes 'ate' (eating is a kind of consuming).
'son' going around 'i' is 'sion'.
'pas'+'sion'+'ate'='PASSIONATE'

(Other definitions for passionate that I've seen before include "Very keen" , "Easily moved" , "Showing strong emotions" , "enthusiastic" , "Most eager" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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