Crossword Genius

Prediction heard if warning players (7,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

weather forecast

'prediction' is the definition.
(weather forecast is a kind of prediction)

'heard if warning players' is the wordplay.
'heard' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'if' becomes 'whether' (I've seen this before).
'warning' becomes 'fore' (I've seen this before).
'players' becomes 'cast' (I've seen this before).
'whether' sounds like 'weather'.
'weather'+'fore'+'cast'='WEATHER FORECAST'

(Other definitions for weather forecast that I've seen before include "prediction" , "Predicton" , "Met objective" , "item after news" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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