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Fuel required for heating a stove (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gas

'fuel' is the definition.
(gas is a fuel)

'required for heating a stove' is the wordplay.
'required for' indicates a hidden word.
'GAS' is hidden in the letters of 'heating a stove'.

(Other definitions for gas that I've seen before include "Form of fossil fuel" , "Substance like air" , "Eg, nitrogen" , "THIRD PART OF 23" , "Americans' petrol" .)

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