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Away from wind in street in unpleasant weather (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sleet

'unpleasant weather' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'away from wind in street' is the wordplay.
'away from wind' becomes 'lee' (lee side can mean a side sheltered from wind).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'lee' inserted inside 'st' is 'SLEET'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sleet that I've seen before include "Partly melted falling 16 across or 18 down" , "Partly melted falling snow or hail" , "Snowy rain" , "Partially frozen rain" , "Partly frozen rain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Times.
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