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Hated to change potentially exciting meeting (3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hot date

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'potentially exciting meeting' is the definition.
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'hated to change' is the wordplay.
'change' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hated'+'to'='hatedto'
'hatedto' anagrammed gives 'HOT DATE'.

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(Another definition for hot date that I've seen is " Meeting for romance".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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