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A burning issue (4)

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lava

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'a burning issue' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

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(Other definitions for lava that I've seen before include "Discharge from volcano" , "Flowing volcanic matter" , "Emanating magma" , "Volcanic flowing substance" , "Stuff heatedly hurled out" .)

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