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Timid, pass out, the dear eccentric (5,7)

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I believe the answer is:

faint hearted

'timid' is the definition.
(I know that timid can be written as faint-hearted)

'pass out the dear eccentric' is the wordplay.
'pass out' becomes 'faint' (fainting is a kind of passing out).
'eccentric' indicates an anagram.
'the'+'dear'='thedear'
'thedear' is an anagram of 'hearted'.
'faint'+'hearted'='FAINT-HEARTED'

(Another definition for faint hearted that I've seen is " Timid".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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