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Heated hostility to being married (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

warm

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

'hostility to being married' is the wordplay.
'hostility' becomes 'war' (war is a kind of hostility).
'to being married' becomes 'm' (abbreviation, e.g. in genealogy).
'war'+'m'='WARM'

(Other definitions for warm that I've seen before include "Getting close to target" , "Affectionate - balmy" , "Affectionate; quite hot" , "showing enthusiasm" , "Having moderate heat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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