The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word CORNUCOPIA
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More clues leading to the result CORNUCOPIA
- Run off opening businesses - very good area for wealth
- Wealth taken from doddery OAP? I concur
- Cereal suitable for children – catch adult stocking one in abundance
- Trouble afoot — temperature’s cold in the Land of More Plenty
- Plenty may come from this
- Abundance of work in CIA supporting company run badly
- Well I never joke over hosting company — one suppresses a lot
- Company moderated our panic, providing an abundant supply
- Garden of Eden Charlie wanted over time, with grass in abundance
- On RUC shifts, policeman reverse of ideal? It shows plenty
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The straight part
We know that "seed and an ideal place that’s cold for short time (10)" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case seed and an ideal place that’s cold for short time (10) = cornucopia.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does CORNUCOPIA mean?
CORNUCOPIA noun- A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted.
- A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things.
- An abundance or plentiful supply.