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Type relocating to hamlet (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hot metal

'type' is the definition.
(hot metal is type used in printing)

'relocating to hamlet' is the wordplay.
'relocating' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'relocated' mean this).
'to'+'hamlet'='tohamlet'
'tohamlet' with letters rearranged gives 'HOT METAL'.

(Other definitions for hot metal that I've seen before include "stolen gold?" , "Typesetting technique" , "Type that got bashed about" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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