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Where the air is disturbed by a wild gale (7)

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I believe the answer is:

algeria

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'where' is the definition.
The answer is a location as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'air is disturbed by a wild gale' is the wordplay.
'is disturbed' indicates anagramming the letters (the order of letters is disturbed).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a wild' indicates anagramming the letters.
'air' is an anagram of 'ria'.
'gale' is an anagram of 'alge'.
'ria' after 'alge' is 'ALGERIA'.

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for algeria that I've seen before include "N. African state" , "Strange regalia of a North African state" , "country in Africa" , "North African country" , "It lies between Morocco and Tunisia" .)

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