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Burning issue with news leaving small rest room (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lavatory

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'rest room' is the definition.
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'burning issue with news leaving small' is the wordplay.
'burning issue with' becomes 'lava' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'news' becomes 'story' (story is a kind of news).
'leaving' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'story' with 's' taken out is 'tory'.
'lava'+'tory'='LAVATORY'

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(Other definitions for lavatory that I've seen before include "Ladies or Gentlemen" , "John for American" , "somewhere to go?" , "Toilet" , "one's flushed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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