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Steel affected by cold weather (5)

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I believe the answer is:

sleet

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'cold weather' is the definition.
'sleet' can be an answer for 'weather' (sleet is a kind of weather). I am not sure about the 'cold' bit.

'steel affected' is the wordplay.
'affected' indicates anagramming the letters.
'steel' anagrammed gives 'SLEET'.

'by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sleet that I've seen before include "Partly frozen rain" , "Precipitate evolution" , "Rain mixed with snow or hail" , "Partly melted falling snow or hail" , "Freezing rain" .)

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