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Cooked Japan aloe (not a hot one!) (8)

Thrown open after German agreement with the French on fare from Mexico (8)

Oriental Airline has a berth with Oxygen in case of spicy food (8)

Many regulars away on their summer vacations, plenty of time for new entrants! 🌶🌶

Hi all, well it seems a lot of regular contributors are enjoying some time at the beach, or other such pleasures, who can blame them!
I’m flattered that Mattrom and Jimmy chose to use my monicker as a part of their wordplay ☺️. I also liked Matrrom’s “denuded” and the musical reference’s from Geeker “Aja” and Jimmy “RHCP” (see below).
For Chris’s clue I had to look up “Japan aloe” to see if was a real thing, and edible, but sure enough it is! And I’m always happy when Aristo dips into his native tongue 🇸🇪
Also liked Paul’s “a plan Joe” anagram and BBM’s construction.

It was a difficult decision, but I’m going with Chris as I like the use of “not a” …

Cooked Japan aloe (not a hot one!) (8)

Congrats Chris, here are the prizes…

https://youtu.be/1wSDEDWuX4I
Bath has a chilli festival, who knew?
https://youtu.be/PbG2RuQsAO4
And inspired by Jimmy’s clue
https://youtu.be/YlUKcNNmywk

Well done chrise, nice clue.
Thanks jono for the prizes and for hosting.

Congrats, Chrise, and thanks, Jono, for the challenge, the mentions, and the clips.

Many thanks, jono. I got lucky with the Japan aloe!

The clips reminded me of a couple of things. Just after we had finished being students, we stayed with a friend in the wilds of Suffolk. He had on his windowsill an ornamental plant with fruits on. I told him the fruits looked like chillies. He immediately ate one. After he recovered, he said "yes, they are!"
At university I had a slight acquaintance, Jeremy Cherfas, who got into science journalism, and this included fronting a Horizon programme once. I can't remember what it was about, but I remember that he took third place in a chilli eating competition in Texas - obviously trained through Cambridge curries!
I think there have been fatalities associated with Carolina Reaper chillies, unfortunately.

Well done, chris! Thanks to jono for a spicy challenge, clips and mention.
I visited Thailand a few times in the mid-late '70s (family moved there), and have vivid memories of various extremely hot chilis. 🥵 I've lost my tolerance for super-spicy food, however.

Congratulations, chrise, and thanks, jono.
I made a feta/jalapeño omelet for breakfast this morning, a favorite. I’m sure you’re all thrilled.