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Golf between two old ladies is fiery stuff (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

magma

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'fiery stuff' is the definition.
'magma' can be an answer for 'stuff' (magma is a kind of stuff). I am not sure about the 'fiery' bit.

'golf between two old ladies' is the wordplay.
'two old ladies' means two replacements for 'old lady'.
'golf' becomes 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'between' is an insertion indicator.
'old lady' becomes 'ma' (both can informally mean mother).
'old lady' becomes 'ma' (both can informally mean mother).
'ma'+'ma'='mama'
'g' put within 'mama' is 'MAGMA'.

'is' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for magma that I've seen before include "Glassy volcanic rock" , "Hot material" , "Molten rock in the earth's crust" , "hot stuff" , "That's hot!" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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