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Emirates could be more hot and humid (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

steamier

'more hot and humid' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'emirates could be' is the wordplay.
'could be' indicates anagramming the letters.
'emirates' is an anagram of 'STEAMIER'.

(Other definitions for steamier that I've seen before include "more like a sauna" , "Comparatively hot and humid" .)

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