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People, being hot, just now dressing (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inhabit

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'people' is the definition.
(people can mean to populate or inhabit)

'hot just now dressing' is the wordplay.
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps).
'just now' becomes 'inabit' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'dressing' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are dressed or clad in others).
'h' inserted inside 'inabit' is 'INHABIT'.

'being' is the link.

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(Other definitions for inhabit that I've seen before include "Live in, occupy" , "Occupy - settle" , "Dwell in" , "people" , "Live in (a place)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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