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Is this hotter than a smoking jacket? (6)

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blazer

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'smoking jacket?' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for blazer that I've seen before include "Summer sporting jacket" , "School jacket (on fire?)" , "Light single-breasted (school or club) jacket" , "First to trail" , "Man's jacket, sounds hot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sun.
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