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More than very warm - fired! (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shot

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'fired' is the definition.
(shooting is a kind of firing)

'more than very warm' is the wordplay.
'more than' becomes 's' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'very warm' becomes 'hot' (I've seen this before).
's'+'hot'='SHOT'

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(Other definitions for shot that I've seen before include "Snap" , "[FILM]" , "Injection" , "description of some silk" , "Goal attempt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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