Crossword Genius

Store ice away - that's abstruse (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

esoteric

'abstruse' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'store ice away' is the wordplay.
'away' is an anagram indicator (letters move away from their original places).
'store'+'ice'='storeice'
'storeice' anagrammed gives 'ESOTERIC'.

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for esoteric that I've seen before include "Cryptic" , "Occult" , "Secret, private" , "known to a few" , "Hard to understand" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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