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Rodent put in fridge breaks porcelain (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chinchilla

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'rodent' is the definition.
(chinchilla is a kind of rodent)

'put in fridge breaks porcelain' is the wordplay.
'put' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'in fridge breaks' becomes 'chill' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'porcelain' becomes 'china' (china is a kind of porcelain).
'chill' placed inside 'china' is 'CHINCHILLA'.

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(Other definitions for chinchilla that I've seen before include "furry creature" , "Rabbit" , "(Fur of) a small South American rodent" , "Soft grey fur" , "little furry animal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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