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Cold around back half of studio in folly (6)

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I believe the answer is:

idiocy

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'folly' is the definition.
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'cold around back half of studio in' is the wordplay.
'cold around back' becomes 'icy' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'half of' suggests halving the letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'studio' with half the letters taken is 'dio'.
'icy' enclosing 'dio' is 'IDIOCY'.

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(Other definitions for idiocy that I've seen before include "Imbecility" , "Foolish action or behaviour" , "Stupid behaviour or talk" , "Extreme silliness" , "Predatory seabird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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