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Showers very quietly amongst lords (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peppers

'showers' is the definition.
(peppered can mean showered or bombarded)

'very quietly amongst lords' is the wordplay.
'very quietly' becomes 'pp' (musical abbreviation for pianissimo).
'amongst' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'lords' becomes 'peers' (peer is a kind of lord).
'pp' going into 'peers' is 'PEPPERS'.

(Another definition for peppers that I've seen is " Pelts with shot".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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