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Always ate out when it was hot (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fevered

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'hot' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'always ate out' is the wordplay.
'always' becomes 'ever' (synonyms).
'ate' becomes 'fed' ('feed' can be a synonym of 'eat').
'out' is an insertion indicator.
'ever' inserted into 'fed' is 'FEVERED'.

'when it was' is the link.
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(Other definitions for fevered that I've seen before include "Nervously excited" , "Impatient" , "Highly excited" .)

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