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Rebuke in finding the last chop’s not warm (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scold

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'rebuke' is the definition.
(I know that rebuke can be written as scold)

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(Other definitions for scold that I've seen before include "Upbraid" , "Chide - fishwife" , "Chide or reprimand" , "Chide, rebuke" , "Censure, berate" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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