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Sort of weather associable with Monaco? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rainier

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'sort of weather associable with monaco?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'sort of weather associable' is the wordplay.
'sort of weather' becomes 'rain'.
'associable' becomes 'ier' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rain'+'ier'='RAINIER'

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(Other definitions for rainier that I've seen before include "This is more likely to pour down" , "Prince of Monaco, married to Grace Kelly, d. 2005" , "Peak in Washington" , "Volcano in Washington" , "more drops?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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