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Fire close to club lounge (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blaze

'fire' is the definition.
(blaze is a kind of fire)

'close to club lounge' is the wordplay.
'close to' indicates one should take the final letters (the close/ending of).
'lounge' becomes 'laze' (I've seen this before).
The final letter of 'club' is 'b'.
'b'+'laze'='BLAZE'

(Other definitions for blaze that I've seen before include "Sensationally announce" , "rage" , "glare" , "Strong flame burning brightly" , "Burn brightly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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