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Iron takes a beating then fire (5)

..And thanks Patrich for giving the correct answer!

Grill red meat left over evenly (5)

nicolas flamel was a real alchemist, but i'm sure he is better known from harry potter and the philosopher's stone

Red-haired mad woman dropped ecstasy (5)

ChrisE, Flamel also made an appearance in The Crimes of Grindelwald, and there was a lot of flame at the end of that movie. Came to mind when I composed the clue.

My 41 nshuld have been;

Iron takes a beating then goes to the fire (5)

Thanks to all who found so many devious ways to deconstruct this week's word.
Chrise kicked off with a 'hidden' clue (no mean feat with this word), later followed by 'reverse hiddens' from peterm 10 and patrich 17.
I liked the 'flamenco' clues from jono 7, FJ 36 & aristo 37. Some clever acrostics from geeker 13, FJ 23, patrich 24, and his (looks like an acrostic but isn't?) 21.
There were nice anagrams/part anagrams/subtractive anagrams from paul 4, dorrien 11, jono 16, geeker 14/15.
I appreciated the ingenuity of tyke's French setter, geeker's hockey teams, jono's drumbeat and interval clues, FJ's squeeze and 'ghost' madwoman, BBM2's moths in his Armani suit.
My final list included; aristo 6, peterm 10, geeker 15, jono 16, FJ 20, patrich 21, mprs 26, BBM2 34.
A difficult choice, but I think jono has captured the mood of flame emails with his clever

Fellow receives crude email, deleting one only to find another

Well done, Jono! Your prizes are...
...some science
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7_8Gc_Llr8
...music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKFIFJG-JBE
...but don't try this at home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkjvwtQfRw8

Cheers.

Congrats jono - lovely clue.
Thanks mattrom. Your first clip reminded me of the first chemistry lesson for generations of students - observations on a burning candle, inspired, I think, by MIchael Faraday - but yours took it much further!

Well done Jono - I confess I`ve never heard of `flame emails` - enjoyed the challenge Mattrom and thanks for the mention! 🔥