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Standard way to catch cold in a manner of speaking (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parlance

'in a manner of speaking' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'standard way to catch cold' is the wordplay.
'standard' becomes 'par' (I've seen this before).
'way' becomes 'lane' (lane is a kind of way**).
'to catch' is an insertion indicator.
'cold' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
'lane' going around 'c' is 'lance'.
'par'+'lance'='PARLANCE'

(Other definitions for parlance that I've seen before include "Conversation" , "Way of using words" , "Language" , "Earn clap for vocabulary of particular subject" , "Idiom" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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