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Light rain for most of the season - Kuala Lumpur, mid-September (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sprinkle

'light rain' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'most of the season kuala lumpur mid-september' is the wordplay.
'most of' means to remove the last letter.
'the season' becomes 'spring' (spring is a season).
'kuala lumpur' becomes 'KL' (common abbreviation).
'mid' indicates the central letters (mid- can mean the middle of something).
'september' becomes 'sep' (short for September).
The central letter of 'sep' is 'e'.
'spring' with its final letter taken away is 'sprin'.
'sprin'+'kl'+'e'='SPRINKLE'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for sprinkle that I've seen before include "Scatter small drops, spray" , "Apply drops of water to" , "Disperse in small drops, like water on garden" , "Some 8s [RAINDROP]" , "Scatter finely" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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