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They're cold-blooded and they're calculating (6)

Ross

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adders

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(Other definitions for adders that I've seen before include "Do they deal with tots" , "Venomous snakes" , "Totting snakes" , "Poisonous types" , "Mathematical reptiles" .)

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