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Pipe cracked each summer (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meerschaum

'pipe' is the definition.
(type of tobacco pipe)

'cracked each summer' is the wordplay.
'cracked' is an anagram indicator.
'each'+'summer'='eachsummer'
'eachsummer' is an anagram of 'MEERSCHAUM'.

(Other definitions for meerschaum that I've seen before include "e.g. Tobacco pipe" , "I'm puffed!" , "Type of clay pipe" , "It's smoked" , "Clay tobacco pipe" .)

I've seen this clue in the Financial Times and The Times.
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