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Long-suffering person, small, getting to one cold (5)

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I believe the answer is:

stoic

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'long-suffering' is the definition.
(stoic can mean brave when suffering)

'person small getting to one cold' is the wordplay.
'person small' becomes 'sto' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'getting to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'cold' becomes 'C' (eg on taps).
'sto'+'i'+'c'='STOIC'

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(Other definitions for stoic that I've seen before include "One who doesn't complain" , "not given to complaining" , "Someone seemingly indifferent to pleasure or pain" , "One indifferent to fortune, pleasure and pain" , "Person indifferent to pleasure or pain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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