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A warning of some blow to come (5,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

storm signal

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'a warning' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'some blow to come' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'some' could be 'a' and 'a' is found in the answer.
'blow' could be 'storm' (storming is a kind of blowing) and 'storm' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' is the link.

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(Another definition for storm signal that I've seen is " It's a warning of bad weather".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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