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The weather worried Tim and Alec (7)

Ross

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climate

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(Other definitions for climate that I've seen before include "Atmosphere" , "Prevailing state" , "Prevailing trend" , "Cite Mal (anag.)" , "Came lit (anag.)" .)

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