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Meaning of occasionally steamy goings-on? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

semantics

'meaning' is the definition.
(semantics is the study of meaning)

'occasionally steamy goings-on?' is the wordplay.
'occasionally' indicates alternate letters.
'goings-on?' becomes 'antics'.
The alternate letters of 'steamy' are 'sem'.
'sem'+'antics'='SEMANTICS'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for semantics that I've seen before include "The significance of a text" , "The meaning attached to words" , "Branch of linguistics to do with meaning" , "Branch of linguistics concerned with meanings" , "Meaning to study" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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