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Name a magician's move something incendiary (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

napalm

'something incendiary' is the definition.
(incendiary chemical)

'name a magician's move' is the wordplay.
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'magician's move' becomes 'palm' (palm can mean to hide in your palm).
'n'+'a'+'palm'='NAPALM'

(Other definitions for napalm that I've seen before include "Does Ma plan to use the sticky jelly in fire bombs?" , "Petrol jelly used in flame-throwers" , "Petroleum jelly used in bombs and flame-throwers" , "Incendiary substance" , "Flammable jelly used in weapons" .)

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