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Wife in the stand looking very warm (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sweating

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'looking very warm' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'wife in the stand' is the wordplay.
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'the stand' becomes 'seating' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'w' inserted into 'seating' is 'SWEATING'.

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(Other definitions for sweating that I've seen before include "Anxious" , "Like a pig maybe" , "Perspiring" .)

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