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Minor passage dismissing love, with wild alarm about sex - in such instances? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

premarital

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'minor' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are adjectives, I don't see how they can define each other.

'passage dismissing love with wild alarm about sex in such instances?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'about' could be 're' (regarding) and 're' is located in the answer.
'sex' could be 'it' (a common euphemism) and 'it' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'alarm' is 'maral' which is located in the left over letters.
A single letter 'p' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for premarital that I've seen before include "Congress before the match" , "before marriage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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