The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SNOWDRIFT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SNOWDRIFT
- Nasty frost, wind, feature of winter?
- Winter landscape feature melting down first?
- . Effect of cold and wind at the moment stopping first date working out
- Winter weather’s feature mixing wind and frost
- Winter driving problem, a mixture of wind and frost
- Wind or winds with us, evidence of wintry weather
- Wintry feature resulting from interaction of frost and wind?
- The result of frost and wind blowing?
- White Bank mishandles first down
- Today, disheartened depositor admitted to strain in chilly bank
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The straight part
We know that "Winter driving problem" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case winter driving problem = snowdrift.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SNOWDRIFT mean?
SNOWDRIFT noun- A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.