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Heart-throb in bed generates smoke (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cheroot

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

'heart-throb in bed' is the wordplay.
'heart-throb' becomes 'hero'.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bed' becomes 'cot' (cot is a kind of bed).
'hero' placed inside 'cot' is 'CHEROOT'.

'generates' is the link.

(Other definitions for cheroot that I've seen before include "smoke" , "One smoked" , "Square-cut cigar" , "Variety of cigar" , "Havana?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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