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Get hot drink during kinky sex? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

steam

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'get hot' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'drink during kinky sex?' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'tea' (tea is a drink).
'during' is an insertion indicator.
'kinky sex?' becomes 'SM' (S and M, sadism and masochism).
'tea' going into 'sm' is 'STEAM'.

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(Other definitions for steam that I've seen before include "Engine driver" , "Hot water vapour" , "Watery vapour" , "get very angry" , "comes with a hiss?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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