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Male naked and chilled given hot drink (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alcohol

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'drink' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'male naked and chilled given hot' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'male' could be 'al' (shortened version of Alex or Alistair) and 'al' is found in the answer.
'hot' could be 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps) and 'h' is located in the answer.
'chilled' could be 'cool' (similar in meaning) and 'cool' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for alcohol that I've seen before include "The bottle" , "I could get you pickled" , "Ethanol" , "Booze" , "John Barleycorn" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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