Deposit of white ice crystals (5)

I believe the answer is:

frost

(Other definitions for frost that I've seen before include "RD Wingfield's detective" , "Rime" , "Frozen dew" , "Robert ---, US poet" , "Ice crystals forming a white deposit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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