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There's many a snowstorm at Epsom! (5)

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I believe the answer is:

downs

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'there's many a snowstorm at epsom' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'there's many a snowstorm at' is the wordplay.
'there's' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'many' becomes 'D' (Roman numeral for 500).
'a snowstorm at' becomes 'owns' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'd' put next to 'owns' is 'DOWNS'.

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(Other definitions for downs that I've seen before include "Gently rolling hills" , "S. England chalk hills" , "Naturally part of SE England" , "North or South, two features of chalk upland in England" , "Drinks in one" .)

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