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For you it's hot, in a little cup (4)

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I believe the answer is:

thee

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'for you' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'hot in a little cup' is the wordplay.
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a little cup' becomes 'tee' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'h' inserted inside 'tee' is 'THEE'.

'it's' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for thee that I've seen before include "Poetically you" , "Archaic form of 'you'" , "Old objective second person singular" , "You (arch.)" , "you many years ago" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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