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A family briefly squeeze in post-winter sports activity (5-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apres-ski

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'post-winter sports activity' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'a family briefly squeeze in' is the wordplay.
'family' becomes 'kin' (synonyms).
'briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'squeeze' becomes 'press' (synonyms).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'a'+'kin'='akin'
'akin' with its final letter removed is 'aki'.
'aki' placed around 'press' is 'APRES-SKI'.

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(Other definitions for apres-ski that I've seen before include "holiday entertainment" , "Alpine jollities" , "party activity" , "Events after a day on the slopes" , "Amusements following winter sport" .)

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