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Hot person’s pullover (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sweater

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'pullover' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'hot person's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'person' could be 'eater' (eater is a kind of person) and 'eater' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for sweater that I've seen before include "A present from Mum!" , "Knitted upper garment" , "One visibly too hot" , "Long-sleeved pullover" , "Jumper (7)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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