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Getting on to college head for being unfriendly (8)

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I believe the answer is:

coldness

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'for being unfriendly' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'getting on to college head' is the wordplay.
'getting on' becomes 'old' ('getting on a bit' means 'old').
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'college' becomes 'c'.
'head' becomes 'ness' (ness is a headland**).
'old' after 'c' is 'cold'.
'cold'+'ness'='COLDNESS'

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