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The war at sea tended to hot up! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

warmed

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'tended to hot up' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'the war at sea' is the wordplay.
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sea' becomes 'med' (abbreviation of Mediterranean).
'war'+'med'='WARMED'

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(Other definitions for warmed that I've seen before include "given thermal treatment" , "gave enthusiasm" , "Heated" .)

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