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Monk shivering is certain to catch cold (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cistercian

'monk' is the definition.
(Cistercian is an example)

'shivering is certain to catch cold' is the wordplay.
'shivering' is an anagram indicator.
'to catch' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'cold' becomes 'C' (eg on taps).
'is'+'certain'='iscertain'
'iscertain' with letters rearranged gives 'cisterian'.
'cisterian' enclosing 'c' is 'CISTERCIAN'.

(Other definitions for cistercian that I've seen before include "Monk" , "Man following order" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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