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Cause of a snore? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reason

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

'of a snore?' is the wordplay.
'of' is an anagram indicator (the answer comes from or 'of' the letters).
'a'+'snore'='asnore'
'asnore' is an anagram of 'REASON'.

(Other definitions for reason that I've seen before include "Logic of senora" , "Motivation or justification" , "issue" , "Defence" , "Explanation or justification" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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