The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ALOOF
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ALOOF
- A pudding sent back cold
- A mug served up cold
- Cold potato? Fine
- A pudding sent up cold?
- Withdrawn dessert, American upset
- Reserved area idiot rejected
- Unpleasantly cold, a roly-poly pudding
- Unfriendly, when a clown shows up
- A place to go with female that’s pretty distant
- A jester, revolting and supercilious
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What does ALOOF mean?
ALOOF adjective- Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.
- At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
- Without sympathy; unfavorably.
- Away from; clear of.