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Queen with Henry without hot temper (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anneal

'temper' is the definition.
('anneal' can be a synonym of 'temper')

'queen with henry without hot' is the wordplay.
'queen' becomes 'anne' (I've seen this before**).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'henry' becomes 'hal'.
'without' is a deletion indicator.
'hot' becomes 'h'.
'hal' with 'h' taken out is 'al'.
'anne'+'al'='ANNEAL'

(Other definitions for anneal that I've seen before include "get tough" , "Destress using heat" , "Long angry speech" , "Heat-treat (metal or glass)" , "Harden by heating and cooling" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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