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Police Captain possesses a very cool head (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

icecap

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'a very cool head' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both natural objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'police captain possesses' is the wordplay.
'possesses' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'ICECAP' is hidden within 'police captain'.

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(Other definitions for icecap that I've seen before include "Feature of polar regions" , "Area round pole" , "Permanent covering of frozen water" , "Frozen polar region" , "Permanent frozen polar cover" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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