PHLOGISTON (10)

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Fire-like substance supposedly pretty hot; piece of wood's not coming back (10)

PHLOGISTON "Fire-like substance, supposedly" = P ("pretty") H ("hot") LOG IS ("piece of wood's") TON ("not", "coming back": NOT<)

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7152 Fire-like substance supposedly pretty hot; piece of wood's not coming back (10) PHLOGISTON "Fire-like substance, supposedly" = P ("pretty") H ("hot") LOG IS ("piece of wood's") TON ("not", "coming back": NOT<) bags 1
7153 Scientific theory which is nostalgic about losing carbon to oxygen, without a prior basic scale (10) Defn: Scientific theory
basic scale is PH
(NOSTALGI(-c+O))*-A after PH
Madmahogany 1
7157 Weird Pyro weapon without air: top trolling element that explains fire (10) Def: Element that explains fire
PHLOGISTNO(-air)(-t)*

Unrelated:
I'm sorry Phlog Pyros, but I hate you. At least I can kill you right after MMPH-ing.
WoomyRogue 0
7170 Stripped Spartan leader captures first lion's heart on fire (10) PH(L)O+GIST+ON
Stripped Spartan leader is (-e)PHO(-r)
Heart is GIST
Def: Fire
Neeerd 0
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