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Prison meal served up cold (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

impersonal

'cold' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'prison meal served up' is the wordplay.
'served up' indicates anagramming the letters.
'prison'+'meal'='prisonmeal'
'prisonmeal' is an anagram of 'IMPERSONAL'.

(Other definitions for impersonal that I've seen before include "Objective; disinterested" , "Aloof" , "Ignoring one's own feelings" , "Cold" , "Cool" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Guardian.
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