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Short part with fuel may cause explosion (5-2)

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I believe the answer is:

flare-up

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'explosion' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'short part with fuel' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'part' could be 're' (re is a kind of part) and 're' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'may cause' is the link.

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(Other definitions for flare-up that I've seen before include "Sudden outbreak (of violence, etc)" , "Suddenly get angry" , "Burst into flame or become suddenly angry" , "Sudden outbreak of anger" , "Sudden burst of light" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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