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Flame coming from short jacket (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blaze

'flame' is the definition.
(blaze is a kind of flame)

'short jacket' is the wordplay.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'jacket' becomes 'blazer' (blazer is a kind of jacket).
'blazer' with its final letter taken off is 'BLAZE'.

'coming from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for blaze that I've seen before include "Inferno" , "Vivid display" , "Sensationally announce" , "Conflagration" , "rage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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