Cryptic crossword clue
Perhaps a bit of snow following a large amount of water 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FLAKE

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The straight part

We know that "Perhaps a bit of snow" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case perhaps a bit of snow = flake.

The cryptic/wordplay part

In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does FLAKE mean?

1. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything
2. A scale of a fish or similar animal
3. A prehistoric tool chipped out of stone.
4. A person who is impractical, flighty, unreliable, or inconsistent; especially with maintaining a living.
5. A carnation with only two colours in the flower, the petals having large stripes.
6. A flat turn or tier of rope.

1. To break or chip off in a flake.
2. To prove unreliable or impractical; to abandon or desert, to fail to follow through.
3. To store an item such as rope or sail in layers
4. To hit (another person).

1. Dogfish.
2. The meat of the gummy shark.

1. Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
2. A trick; a swindle.
3. A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.

1. One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

1. A paling; a hurdle.
2. A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things.
3. A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on while calking, etc.

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