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Suggestive, like a sauna (6)

Ross

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steamy

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'like a sauna' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for steamy that I've seen before include "Vaporous: lustful" , "risque behaviour?" , "Erotic; like vapour" , "Full of condensation; erotic (story)" , "Erotic - vaporous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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