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It offers cold comfort, perhaps (7)

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earplug

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'it offers cold comfort perhaps' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for earplug that I've seen before include "Block" , "silencer" , "It's used to prevent entry of noise or water" , "Noise protector" , "It stops racket" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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