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Period piece brought back with passion (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ire

'passion' is the definition.
(ire is passionate anger)

'period piece brought back with' is the wordplay.
'with' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'brought back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'eri' can be found hidden inside 'period piece'.
'eri' written backwards gives 'IRE'.

(Other definitions for ire that I've seen before include "Strong emotion" , "Fury" , "Anger among admirers" , "Anger, annoyance" , "Choler" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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