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Made fuss about every second repeat and got all steamed up (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evaporated

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'steamed up' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'made fuss about every second repeat and got all' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'about' could be 'a' (abbreviation in Chambers) and 'a' is found in the answer.
'second' could be 'd' and 'd' is present in the answer.
'repeat' could be 'r' (abbreviation) and 'r' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for evaporated that I've seen before include "Gradually faded away" , "Disappeared" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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