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Match official to fix English allocation? That’s chilling (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

refrigeration

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'chilling' is the definition.
(refrigeration is a kind of chilling)

'match official to fix english allocation?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'official' could be 'ref' (match official in football, say) and 'ref' is found in the answer.
'fix' could be 'rig' (rigging is a kind of fixing) and 'rig' is present in the answer.
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is located in the answer.
'allocation?' could be 'ration' (I've seen this before) and 'ration' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'that's' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for refrigeration that I've seen before include "Act of cooling" , "Process of chilling food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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