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On which to have a heated conversation? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hotline

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'on which to have a' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'heated conversation?' is the wordplay.
'heated' becomes 'hot' (similar in meaning).
'conversation?' becomes 'line' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'hot'+'line'='HOTLINE'

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(Other definitions for hotline that I've seen before include "Direct telephone link between two officials" , "critical link" , "linked Washington to the Kremlin" , "Direct phone access (for presidents?)" , "Direct phone link" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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