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Wet seed that's no good (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rain

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'wet' is the definition.
(wet weather)

'seed that's no good' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'no' could be 'n' (common abbreviation) and 'n' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'rai' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for rain that I've seen before include "The ---, it ---eth every day (T.Night)" , "Precipitation" , "Falling water" , "bad weather" , "Pelt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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