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Manage to keep cool about some intractable letters (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

control

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This could be a double definition.

'manage' is the first definition.
(I know that manage is a more specific form of control)

'keep cool about some intractable letters' is the second definition.
'control' can be an answer for 'keep' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'cool about some intractable letters' bit.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for control that I've seen before include "Regulating device" , "Regulation" , "Handle, operate" , "Regulate with self-possession?" , "Regulate; spymaster" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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