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Halt: ice broken; a moral problem (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ethical

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'halt ice broken a moral problem' is the definition.
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'halt ice broken' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates an anagram.
'halt'+'ice'='haltice'
'haltice' with letters rearranged gives 'ETHICAL'.

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(Other definitions for ethical that I've seen before include "Morally acceptable" , "In accordance with approved moral standards" , "Moral, honest" , "not advertised to the general public" , "At Chile (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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