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Hold back official description of poor weather? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

refrain

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

'official description of poor weather?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'official' could be 'ref' (match official in football, say) and 'ref' is located in the answer.
'weather?' could be 'rain' (rain is a kind of weather) and 'rain' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for refrain that I've seen before include "Cease - repeated phrase" , "Kindly desist - from song?" , "Words repeated after verses" , "Hold back" , "Forbear from chorus?" .)

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