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At work rather hot tea leads to conversation? (5-2-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

heart-to-heart

'conversation?' is the definition.
(intimate conversation)

'at work rather hot tea' is the wordplay.
'at work' indicates an anagram.
'rather'+'hot'+'tea'='ratherhottea'
'ratherhottea' is an anagram of 'HEART-TO-HEART'.

'leads to' is the link.

(Other definitions for heart-to-heart that I've seen before include "Intimate talk" , "Intimate conversation" , "Candid conversation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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