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Hot water's bubbly role with tub (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trouble

'hot water's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bubbly role with tub' is the wordplay.
'bubbly' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'role' after 'tub' is 'tubrole'.
'tubrole' is an anagram of 'TROUBLE'.

(Other definitions for trouble that I've seen before include "Pains" , "'A... shared is a... halved'" , "Difficulty, problems" , "Disturb; difficulty" , "Misfortune" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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