Exciting Kent Lab cooking something that gradually heats up and is put over a single? (8,7)

I believe the answer is:

electric blanket

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'something that gradually heats up and is put over a single?' is the definition.
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'exciting kent lab cooking' is the wordplay.
'exciting' becomes 'electric' (similar in meaning).
'cooking' indicates anagramming the letters (cook can mean to falsify or distort).
'kent'+'lab'='kentlab'
'kentlab' with letters rearranged gives 'blanket'.
'electric'+'blanket'='ELECTRIC BLANKET'

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(Other definitions for electric blanket that I've seen before include "Bed heater" , "Bed warmer" , "this might warm you up" , "Provider of extra bed heat" , "cover at night" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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