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Putting back in refrigerator - its terrifying! (5-8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spine-chilling

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'terrifying' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'putting back in refrigerator its' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'back' could be 'spine' (synonyms) and 'spine' is present in the answer.
'in' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for spine-chilling that I've seen before include "Scary" , "Inspiring both terror and excitement" , "Terrifying" , "Bloodcurdling" , "Arousing terror" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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