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Where it's cold, the police get rid of ice (having a right) (5)

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I believe the answer is:

polar

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'where it's cold' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun but the answer is not.

'police get rid of ice having a right' is the wordplay.
'get rid of' is a deletion indicator.
'having' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a right' becomes 'ar' (I've seen this in other clues).
'police' with 'ice' removed is 'pol'.
'pol'+'ar'='POLAR'

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for polar that I've seen before include "Relating to the ends of the Earth" , "Kind of bear or opposite" , "From one end of the Earth or the other" , "extremes of 3 or 26 [NORTH OR SOUTH]" , "Of the frozen regions" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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