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Very cold hail in Olympic city one winter (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sochi

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'olympic city one winter' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'very cold hail' is the wordplay.
'very' becomes 'so' (both can mean 'extremely').
'cold' becomes 'C' (abbreviation, eg on taps).
'hail' becomes 'hi'.
'so'+'c'+'hi'='SOCHI'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for sochi that I've seen is " Winter Olympics venue".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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