.... chill here in French Head (7)

I believe the answer is:

iciness

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'chill' is the definition.
(I know that chill can be written as iciness)

'here in french head' is the wordplay.
'here in french' becomes 'ici' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'head' becomes 'ness' (ness is a headland).
'ici'+'ness'='ICINESS'

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(Other definitions for iciness that I've seen before include "Chill; reserve" , "Extreme chill" , "Frigidity" , "Frostiness" , "Hostility, unfriendliness" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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