A little snow initially formed pool of water (5)
I believe the answer is:
flake
'a little snow' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'initially formed pool of water' is the wordplay.
'initially' suggests taking the first letters.
'pool of water' becomes 'lake' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The first letter of 'formed' is 'f'.
'f'+'lake'='FLAKE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for flake that I've seen before include "Small piece of snow" , "bit of snow" , "Small flat scale" , "Small chipping" , "Snow crystal" .)
