Blokes in mine love hot pepper (7)

I believe the answer is:

pimento

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'hot pepper' is the definition.
'pimento' can be an answer for 'pepper' (pimento is a kind of pepper). I'm not certain of the 'hot' bit.

'blokes in mine love' is the wordplay.
'blokes' becomes 'men' (bloke can informally mean a man).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'mine' becomes 'pit' (down the pit).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'men' put within 'pit' is 'piment'.
'piment'+'o'='PIMENTO'

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(Other definitions for pimento that I've seen before include "Jamaica pepper" , "Allspice - top mine (anag)" , "Sweet red pepper" , "Vegetable" , "Something spicy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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