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Cold boy gets dressed (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clad

'dressed' is the definition.
(to be clad in something is to be dressed in it)

'cold boy' is the wordplay.
'cold' becomes 'C' (abbreviation, eg on taps).
'boy' becomes 'lad' (informal term for boy).
'c'+'lad'='CLAD'

'gets' is the link.

(Other definitions for clad that I've seen before include "in dress perhaps" , "Decked" , "Attired" , "Wearing" , "Invested" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Telegraph.
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