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Where coals are not hot, mix with others (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

integrate

'hot mix with others' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'where coals are not' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'are' could be 'a' (the 'are' is a metric unit of area) and 'a' is present in the answer.
'not' could be 'nt' ('n't' can be a synonym of 'not') and 'nt' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

(Other definitions for integrate that I've seen before include "Get together" , "unify" , "Organise a get-together" , "Incorporate into the main group" , "Incorporate into the whole" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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