Protest against repeated cold snaps (9)
I believe the answer is:
deprecate
'protest' is the definition.
(deprecate can mean to object to or protest against)
'against repeated cold snaps' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'cold' could be 'c' (eg on taps) and 'c' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'repeated' is 'depreate' which is present in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for deprecate that I've seen before include "Feel and express disapproval of" , "Disapprove of" , "Deplore; disparage" , "Deplore or belittle" , "Express strong disapproval of" .)