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Feature of Arctic upsetting Father Cecil endlessly (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

icecap

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'feature of arctic' is the definition.
'icecap' can be an answer for 'feature' (I have seen 'Polar feature ' mean 'icecap' so perhaps 'feature' could also mean 'icecap'). I'm not sure about the 'of arctic' bit.

'upsetting father cecil endlessly' is the wordplay.
'upsetting' is a reversal indicator.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father).
'endlessly' means to remove the last letter.
'pa'+'cecil'='pacecil'
'pacecil' with its last letter taken away is 'paceci'.
'paceci' in reverse letter order is 'ICECAP'.

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(Other definitions for icecap that I've seen before include "frozen summit" , "mass covering the top of Everest?" , "Permanently frozen covering of land" , "Frozen topping" , "hard water area" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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