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Get off sled, as it were, in heavy rainfall? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deluge

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'heavy rainfall?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'get off sled as it were' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'sled' could be 'luge' (luging is a kind of sledding) and 'luge' is present in the answer.
'it' could be 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT') and 'e' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'd' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for deluge that I've seen before include "A heavy fall of rain (6)" , "Torrential rain" , "Severe flood" , "Huge downpour" , "Major flood" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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