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Neal, hot, ordered alcohol (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ethanol

'alcohol' is the definition.
(I know that alcohol can be written as ethanol)

'neal hot ordered' is the wordplay.
'ordered' indicates an anagram.
'neal'+'hot'='nealhot'
'nealhot' with letters rearranged gives 'ETHANOL'.

(Other definitions for ethanol that I've seen before include "Ethyl alcohol" , "Intoxicant in wine, spirits, etc" , "porter uses it" , "Alcohol in wine, beer" , "constituent for a dram?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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