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Hood in dodgy cabal getting hot material (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

balaclava

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'hood' is the definition.
(I know that balaclava is a type of hood)

'dodgy cabal getting hot material' is the wordplay.
'dodgy' indicates anagramming the letters (a dodgy or wrong order of the letters).
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hot material' becomes 'lava' (lava is a kind of material. I am not sure about the 'hot' bit.).
'cabal' is an anagram of 'balac'.
'balac'+'lava'='BALACLAVA'

'in' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for balaclava that I've seen before include "Where expensive charge was made" , "headwear" , "Woollen hat named after a battle" , "headgear" , "battle-site?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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