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Bathroom item gets dial a little bit hot, somehow (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

facecloth

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'bathroom item' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'dial a little bit hot somehow' is the wordplay.
'dial' becomes 'face' (the face of a clock).
'a little bit' becomes 'cl' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'somehow' is an anagram indicator.
'hot' is an anagram of 'oth'.
'face'+'cl'+'oth'='FACECLOTH'

'gets' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for facecloth that I've seen is " Flannel".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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