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Preliminary round in a contest (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heat

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">preliminary round in a contest</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for heat that I've seen before include "High temperature" , "Level of spice" , "Vehemence" , "eliminating round" , "Pressure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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