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Intolerable midday temperature inside (3,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

not on

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'intolerable' is the definition.
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'midday temperature inside' is the wordplay.
'midday' becomes 'noon' (synonyms).
'temperature' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'inside' is an insertion indicator.
'noon' placed around 't' is 'NOT ON'.

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(Other definitions for not on that I've seen before include "Informally, can't be accepted or tolerated" , "Unacceptable (colloq.)" , "It's unfeasible" , "Colloquially, cannot be tolerated or accepted" , "Improper - impossible" .)

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