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Who finds total season? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

summer

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'season?' is the definition.
(summer is a season)

'who finds total' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'total' could be 'sum' (synonyms) and 'sum' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mer' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for summer that I've seen before include "peak period?" , "One making the whole" , "'Oh, the ...time is comin', and the leaves are sweetly bloomin'' (song)" , "Warmest season" , "could be described as Indian" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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