Meals melted, opening chiller (6,3)

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salems lot

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'chiller' is the definition.
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'meals melted opening' is the wordplay.
'melted' indicates an anagram.
'opening' becomes 'slot' (slot is a kind of opening).
'meals' with letters rearranged gives 'salem'.
'salem'+'slot'='SALEMS LOT'

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(Other definitions for salems lot that I've seen before include "Also smelt (anag) -- novel by 22 14" , "Horror novel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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