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Heat magazine's contents, after modifying (10,5)

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qualifying round

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'heat' is the definition.
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'magazine's contents after modifying' is the wordplay.
'magazine's contents' becomes 'round' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'modifying' becomes 'qualifying' ('qualify' can be a synonym of 'modify').
'round' put after 'qualifying' is 'QUALIFYING ROUND'.

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(Another definition for qualifying round that I've seen is " Heat".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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