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High temperature changed, with the keys inside (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

white heat

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'high temperature' is the definition.
(white heat is a kind of high temperature)

'changed with the keys inside' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'with' is 'whit' which is present in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for white heat that I've seen before include "Glowing temperature" , "intense temperature" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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