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Pleased most of fireplace has variety of fuel (8)

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I believe the answer is:

grateful

'pleased' is the definition.
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'most of fireplace has variety of fuel' is the wordplay.
'most of' means to remove the last letter.
'fireplace' becomes 'grate' (I've seen this before).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'variety of' indicates an anagram.
'grate' with its final letter taken off is 'grat'.
'fuel' with letters rearranged gives 'eful'.
'grat'+'eful'='GRATEFUL'

(Other definitions for grateful that I've seen before include "Thankful, appreciative" , "Showing appreciation for kindness" , "Beholden" , "Showing gratitude" , "quantity of coal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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