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Cool line in rainwear turning up (4)

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I believe the answer is:

calm

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

'line in rainwear turning up' is the wordplay.
'line' becomes 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'rainwear' becomes 'mac' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'turning up' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'l' inserted inside 'mac' is 'mlac'.
'mlac' reversed gives 'CALM'.

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(Other definitions for calm that I've seen before include "Still and quiet" , "'After a storm comes a ....'" , "Pacific" , "Tranquil, undisturbed" , "Still - force 0 on the Beaufort scale" .)

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