Tinned soup, initially cold, through action got intensely hot (11)
I believe the answer is:
incandesced
'tinned soup' is the definition.
The definition suggests a verb in its base form which matches the answer.
'initially cold through action got intensely hot' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'cold' could be 'c' (eg on taps) and 'c' is found in the answer.
'through' could be 'in' and 'in' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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