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Mistake working to contain hot jet (7)

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I believe the answer is:

typhoon

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'jet' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'mistake working to contain hot' is the wordplay.
'mistake' becomes 'typo' (typographical error).
'working' becomes 'on' (e.g. a machine is working or on).
'to contain' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation, eg on taps).
'typo'+'on'='typoon'
'typoon' placed around 'h' is 'TYPHOON'.

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(Other definitions for typhoon that I've seen before include "Indian Ocean tropical storm" , "Pacific tropical storm" , "Pacific hurricane" , "Cyclonic sea storm" , "Tropical cyclone" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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