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Feature of weather broadcast about north (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

snow

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'feature of weather' is the definition.
'snow' can be an answer for 'weather' (snow is a kind of weather). I'm not certain of the 'feature of' bit.

'broadcast about north' is the wordplay.
'broadcast' becomes 'sow' (sowing is a kind of broadcasting).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'north' becomes 'N' (abbreviation).
'sow' enclosing 'n' is 'SNOW'.

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(Other definitions for snow that I've seen before include "White specks on screen resulting from interference" , "Winter weather" , "Ice crystal precipitation" , "Frozen rain" , "Flakes overhead" .)

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