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Leaves in hot water here? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teapots

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'leaves in hot water here?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'leaves in hot water here?' is the wordplay.
'leaves in hot water' becomes 'tea' (I've seen this in another clue).
'here?' becomes 'pots' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'tea'+'pots'='TEAPOTS'

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(Another definition for teapots that I've seen is " Brewing vessels!".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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