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Kind of desire to pen two different articles with skill (5,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

great hearted

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'kind' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'desire to pen two different articles with skill' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'articles' could be 'thea' (definite article 'the', indefinite article 'a') and 'thea' is found within the answer.
'skill' could be 'art' (both can mean a talent) and 'art' is located in the answer.
'desire' could be 'greed' (greed is a kind of desire) and 'greed' is present in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' acts as a link.

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