Very cold hail in Olympic city one winter (5)
I believe the answer is:
sochi
'olympic city one winter' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'very cold hail' is the wordplay.
'very' becomes 'so' (both can mean 'extremely').
'cold' becomes 'C' (eg on taps).
'hail' becomes 'hi'.
'so'+'c'+'hi'='SOCHI'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for sochi that I've seen is " Winter Olympics venue".)
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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