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With a bit of luck, can he make fresh fire in hell? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lucifer

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'with a bit of luck can he make fresh' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'fire in hell?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'fire' is 'ifer' which is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'luc' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for lucifer that I've seen before include "Satan, the Devil" , "Devil - match!" , "Beelzebub, Old Nick" , "Rising star" , "Satan, the Dark Angel" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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