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Most keen to play with the tots (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hottest

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'most keen' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are superlative adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'play with the tots' is the wordplay.
'play with' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'plays with' mean this (I've seen this in other clues)).
'the'+'tots'='thetots'
'thetots' anagrammed gives 'HOTTEST'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hottest that I've seen before include "Most fashionable" , "Of the highest temperature" , "Least cold" , "Most torrid" , "Most heated" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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