White flakes (4)
I believe the answer is:
snow
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">white flakes</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for snow that I've seen before include "It falls in flakes" , "'See amid the winter's ... (Christmas carol)" , "Wintery precipitation" , "Cold precipitation" , "Charles Percy" .)