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Nine for being cooked in fire (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inferno

'fire' is the definition.
(I know that inferno is a type of fire)

'nine for being cooked' is the wordplay.
'being cooked' is an anagram indicator (letters cooked into a new form).
'nine'+'for'='ninefor'
'ninefor' anagrammed gives 'INFERNO'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for inferno that I've seen before include "Fierce fire" , "Huge fire" , "Huge conflagration" , "Large dangerous fire" , "Furious" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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