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With temperature excessive, lie in areas by work fan (10)

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I believe the answer is:

aficionado

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'fan' is the definition.
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'with temperature excessive lie in areas by work' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'work' could be 'do' ('do work' can be a synonym of 'work') and 'do' is found in the answer.
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(Other definitions for aficionado that I've seen before include "Informed enthusiast" , "Expert person" , "Fan; enthusiast" , "freak" , "Fan (Sp.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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