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Make heavy weather of disbanding riots around the church and MS (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ice storms

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'ms' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'make heavy weather of disbanding riots around the church' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'weather' could be 'storm' (I have seen 'Violent weather' mean 'storm' so perhaps 'weather' could also mean 'storm') and 'storm' is found within the answer.
'around' could be 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa') and 'c' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'and' is the link.

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