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Characterised by precipitation (5)

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I believe the answer is:

rainy

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'characterised by precipitation' is the definition.
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'characterised by precipitation' is the wordplay.
'characterised' becomes 'y' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'precipitation' becomes 'rain' (rain is a kind of precipitation).
'y' after 'rain' is 'RAINY'.

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(Other definitions for rainy that I've seen before include "Pluvial" , "With water falling outside" , "Drizzly" , "Wet, showery" , "(Of weather) wet" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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