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Hangs around with hot-headed relatives (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

haunts

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'hangs' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'with hot-headed relatives' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation, eg on taps).
'headed relatives' becomes 'aunts' (aunt is a kind of relative. I am not sure about the 'headed' bit.).
'h' put next to 'aunts' is 'HAUNTS'.

'around' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for haunts that I've seen before include "Frequently visits" , "Frequently visited places, hangouts" , "Visits like a ghost" , "Places where ghosts hang out?" , "Places frequented" .)

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