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Severe cold (7)

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iciness

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'cold' is the definition.
(I know that iciness is a type of cold)

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(Other definitions for iciness that I've seen before include "Frozen state of" , "Hostile attitude" , "Such weather" , "Hostility, unfriendliness" , "unfriendly manner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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