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Snakes will increase, not decrease, say leaders (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

winds

'snakes' is the definition.

'will increase not decrease say leaders' is the wordplay.
'leaders' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'will increase not decrease say' is 'WINDS'.

(Other definitions for winds that I've seen before include "Coils" , "Currents of air" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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