Wind individual releases at work shocked folk! (7)
I believe the answer is:
gaspers
'work shocked folk' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'wind individual releases at' is the wordplay.
'wind' becomes 'gas' (synonyms).
'individual' becomes 'person' (an individual person).
'releases' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'at' becomes 'on' (location).
'person' with 'on' taken out is 'pers'.
'gas'+'pers'='GASPERS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gaspers that I've seen before include "WW1 fags" , "Are they choked" , "weeds?" .)