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Available territory is hot and exotic (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outlandish

'exotic' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'available territory is hot' is the wordplay.
'available' becomes 'out' (I've seen this in another clue).
'territory' becomes 'land' (land is a kind of territory).
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps).
'out'+'land'+'is'+'h'='OUTLANDISH'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for outlandish that I've seen before include "Bizarre - hound's tail (anag)" , "Lad shoutin' (anag)" , "Exotic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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