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Cold? Once salve works, recover (10)

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I believe the answer is:

convalesce

'recover' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'cold? once salve works' is the wordplay.
'cold?' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
'works' indicates anagramming the letters.
'once'+'salve'='oncesalve'
'oncesalve' is an anagram of 'onvalesce'.
'c'+'onvalesce'='CONVALESCE'

(Other definitions for convalesce that I've seen before include "Improve" , "Recover after an illness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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