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Ice does melt, see! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diocese

'see' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'ice does melt' is the wordplay.
'melt' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ice'+'does'='icedoes'
'icedoes' anagrammed gives 'DIOCESE'.

(Other definitions for diocese that I've seen before include "Ecclesiastical see" , "Bishop's region" , "I see cod (anag)" , "Bishop's responsibility" , "Jurisdiction of a bishop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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