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I don’t care if this protects pig from sunburn? (2,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

so what

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'i don't care' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'this protects pig from sunburn?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'pig' could be 'sow' (I've seen this before) and 'sow' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'hat' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'if' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for so what that I've seen before include "It's unimportant, right?" , "Does it make any difference" , "I don't care" , "Big deal!" , "is that surprising?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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