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Bloke, hot, better going outside (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chap

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

'hot better going outside' is the wordplay.
'hot' becomes 'h'.
'better going' becomes 'cap' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'outside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'h' placed within 'cap' is 'CHAP'.

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(Other definitions for chap that I've seen before include "(Of skin) become sore" , "Become sore; fellow" , "Split in skin" , "we prefer not to have on hand" , "Bloke, fellow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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