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Leader of society, a bit cold and curt (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

snippy

'curt' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'leader of society a bit cold' is the wordplay.
'leader of' says to take the initial letters.
'a bit cold' becomes 'nippy' (I've seen this before).
The initial letter of 'society' is 's'.
's'+'nippy'='SNIPPY'

'and' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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