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Prisoner insists losing 'cool' is made up (8)

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I believe the answer is:

consists

'is made up' is the definition.
(to consist of something is to be made up of it)

'prisoner insists losing cool' is the wordplay.
'prisoner' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for 'convict').
'losing' suggests deleting specific letters.
'cool' becomes 'in' (I've seen this in other clues).
'insists' with 'in' taken out is 'sists'.
'con'+'sists'='CONSISTS'

(Another definition for consists that I've seen is " Comprises".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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