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Close and terribly hot around where we live (2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

on earth

'where we live' is the definition.

'close and terribly hot' is the wordplay.
'close' becomes 'on' (I've seen this in other clues).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'terribly hot' becomes 'earth' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'on'+'earth'='ON EARTH'

'around' acts as a link.

(Another definition for on earth that I've seen is " where you are".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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