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Snowman's extremities drip and drop off (6)

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I believe the answer is:

snooze

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'drop off' is the definition.
(I know that snooze is a more specific form of catch a wink)

'snowman's extremities drip' is the wordplay.
'extremities' suggests removing the centre.
'drip' becomes 'ooze' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'snowman' with its centre taken out is 'sn'.
'sn'+'ooze'='SNOOZE'

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(Other definitions for snooze that I've seen before include "Some sleeping" , "Forty winks" , "A brief nap" , "Take a brief light sleep" , "Catnap" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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