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Manage hot American group (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

husband

'manage' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'hot american group' is the wordplay.
'hot' becomes 'h'.
'american' becomes 'us'.
'group' becomes 'band' (band is a kind of group).
'h'+'us'+'band'='HUSBAND'

(Other definitions for husband that I've seen before include "Be thrifty with" , "manage carefully" , "Economically manage" , "Make careful use of" , "Consort" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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