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Same fur wound around friends initially warming couple? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

earmuffs

'warming couple?' is the definition.
(pair of coverings warming one's ears)

'same fur wound around friends initially' is the wordplay.
'wound' indicates anagramming the letters (wound can mean twisted or turned around).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'friends' is 'f'.
'same'+'fur'='samefur'
'samefur' with letters rearranged gives 'earmufs'.
'earmufs' placed around 'f' is 'EARMUFFS'.

(Other definitions for earmuffs that I've seen before include "They keep parts of the head warm" , "Warmers over the side of the head" , "They protect the hearing organs from the cold" , "Lug protectors" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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