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A nobleman catching cold in story (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

account

'story' is the definition.
('account' can be a synonym of 'story')

'a nobleman catching cold' is the wordplay.
'nobleman' becomes 'count' (count is a kind of nobleman).
'catching' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'cold' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
'count' enclosing 'c' is 'ccount'.
'a'+'ccount'='ACCOUNT'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for account that I've seen before include "Financial statement" , "Financial record; narrative" , "Narrative or invoice" , "Statement of transactions and costs" , "judge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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