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Half wild, ruggedly stern, they're usually cold (7)

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I believe the answer is:

winters

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'half wild ruggedly' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'stern they're usually cold' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'stern' is 'nters' which is within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for winters that I've seen is " Seasons".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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