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Unusually hot, stormy and exhausting (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thorough

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'exhausting' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'unusually hot stormy' is the wordplay.
'unusually' indicates an anagram.
'stormy' becomes 'rough' (similar in meaning).
'hot' anagrammed gives 'tho'.
'tho'+'rough'='THOROUGH'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for thorough that I've seen before include "Painstakingly careful and accurate" , "Assiduous, painstaking" , "Painstaking; absolute" , "Doing things with great attention to detail" , "Leaving no stone unturned" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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