Cryptic crossword clue
Limb wrapped in limb – it’s heating up! 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word WARMING

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The straight part
We know that "heating up" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case heating up = warming.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WARMING mean?

WARMING verb
  1. To make or keep warm.
  2. To become warm, to heat up.
  3. To favour increasingly.
  4. To become ardent or animated.
  5. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal in; to enliven.
  6. To beat or spank.
WARMING noun
  1. A small rise in temperature.
  2. A beating; a thrashing.

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