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Frugal aid to keeping warm? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rug

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'frugal aid to keeping warm?' is the definition.
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'frugal aid to keeping' is the wordplay.
'to keeping' indicates a hidden word.
'RUG' is hidden within 'frugal aid'.

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(Other definitions for rug that I've seen before include "Thick-piled floor mat" , "Thick floor-mat or coverlet" , "A bug may be snug in it" , "Thick mat" , "Mat or knee-cover" .)

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