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Millions leaving real snowmen to melt in US city (3,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

new orleans

'us city' is the definition.
(New Orleans is a city in Louisiana)

'millions leaving real snowmen to melt' is the wordplay.
'millions' becomes 'm' (abbreviation).
'leaving' is a deletion indicator.
'to melt' indicates an anagram.
'real'+'snowmen'='realsnowmen'
'realsnowmen' with 'm' taken away is 'realsnowen'.
'realsnowen' is an anagram of 'NEW ORLEANS'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for new orleans that I've seen before include "Devastated city" , "City of Louisiana" , "port city in the south" , "US city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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