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Special Forces getting hot in military gear (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sash

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'military gear' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'special forces getting hot' is the wordplay.
'special forces' becomes 'sas' (I've seen this in other clues).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'hot' becomes 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps).
'sas'+'h'='SASH'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for sash that I've seen before include "Strip of cloth worn round the waist" , "Ribbon as a symbol of rank" , "type of cord?" , "Cummerbund" , "Decoration for the twelfth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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