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Freshly-made cider cools some basking in the sun? (10)

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I believe the answer is:

crocodiles

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'basking in the sun?' is the definition.
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'freshly-made cider cools' is the wordplay.
'freshly made' is an anagram indicator.
'cider'+'cools'='cidercools'
'cidercools' is an anagram of 'CROCODILES'.

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