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Fool to blame terrible weather (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lamebrain

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

'blame terrible weather' is the wordplay.
'terrible' indicates anagramming the letters.
'weather' becomes 'rain' (rain is a kind of weather).
'blame' is an anagram of 'lameb'.
'lameb'+'rain'='LAMEBRAIN'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for lamebrain that I've seen before include "turkey" , "Idiot" , "two [TOMFOOL] ..." , "Nelly" , "So-called dope" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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