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Cold, the capital briefly windy (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apathetic

'cold' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'the capital briefly windy' is the wordplay.
'briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'windy' indicates an anagram (windy suggests disruption).
'the'+'capital'='thecapital'
'thecapital' with its last letter taken off is 'thecapita'.
'thecapita' with letters rearranged gives 'APATHETIC'.

(Other definitions for apathetic that I've seen before include "Impassive" , "Lacking passion" , "showing no enthusiasm" , "past caring?" , "Indifferent - without emotion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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