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Do they tell the dairy farmer bad weather is approaching? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lows

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'do they tell the dairy farmer bad' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'weather is approaching?' is the wordplay.
'weather' becomes 'low' (low is a kind of weather).
'is approaching?' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'low'+'s'='LOWS'

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(Other definitions for lows that I've seen before include "Cyclones" , "Depressions" , "Minimum levels" , "Moos" .)

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