The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 4 letter word COLD SNAP
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result COLD SNAP
- Sudden chill: mild illnesses need sleep
- Woolly sold before November in top wintry spell
- Not hotshot for a drop in temperature
- Complaints drop off in bad weather
- It may produce winter ailments leading to little sleep
- Weather when fish will take line and bite?
- Complaint over game in wintry spell
- First hint of cloud and Poland’s suffering a chilly spell
- Old Poles wear cap in frigid conditions
- Sleep after illnesses
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The straight part
We know that "Weather" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case weather = cold snap.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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