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A record with minimum of snow in the mountains (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alps

'the mountains' is the definition.
(European mountain range)

'a record with minimum of snow' is the wordplay.
'record' becomes 'L-P' (abbreviation for long play record).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'minimum of' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'snow' is 's'.
'a'+'lp'+'s'='ALPS'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for alps that I've seen before include "Mountains in Central Europe" , "South-central European mountain system" , "Pals put on the mountains" , "Slap (anag.)" , "European mountain range" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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