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Predict cold atmosphere at first in Arden? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forecast

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'predict' is the definition.
(I know that forecast is a kind of predict)

'cold atmosphere at first in arden?' is the wordplay.
'at first' says to take the initial letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'arden?' becomes 'forest' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The initial letters of 'cold atmosphere' is 'ca'.
'ca' inserted inside 'forest' is 'FORECAST'.

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(Other definitions for forecast that I've seen before include "Tell in advance what will happen" , "Predict (event)" , "Prophecy" , "Meteorological surmise perhaps" , "Prophesy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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