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Around freezing, I talk nonsense to snowball? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cocktail

'snowball?' is the definition.
(snowball is a type of cocktail)

'around freezing i talk nonsense' is the wordplay.
'around' becomes 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa').
'freezing' becomes 'OC' (zero degrees Celsius).
'nonsense' indicates an anagram.
'i'+'talk'='italk'
'italk' anagrammed gives 'ktail'.
'c'+'oc'+'ktail'='COCKTAIL'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for cocktail that I've seen before include "Possibly old-fashioned" , "Screwdriver, for example" , "Manhattan, perhaps" , "snowball?" , "Manhattan, for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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