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What about showing more friendliness? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

thaw

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'more friendliness?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'what about' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'what' is an anagram of 'THAW'.

'showing' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for thaw that I've seen before include "(Of snow) start to melt" , "Become more friendly" , "Unfreeze, defrost" , "As Lewis's boss, you'll have seen me" , "What - melt like snow?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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