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Colder liquid initially placed in cup (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bleaker

'colder' is the definition.
('bleak' can be similar in meaning to 'cold')

'liquid initially placed in cup' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'placed in' means one lot of letters goes inside another (I've seen this in other clues).
'cup' becomes 'beaker' (beaker is a kind of cup).
The initial letter of 'liquid' is 'l'.
'l' inserted within 'beaker' is 'BLEAKER'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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