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Bad weather encountered on way back? A nuisance (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tempest

'bad weather' is the definition.
(tempest is a kind of bad weather)

'encountered on way back? a nuisance' is the wordplay.
'encountered' becomes 'met' ('meet' can be a synonym of 'encounter').
'on way back?' is a reversal indicator (I've seen 'on way back' mean this).
'a nuisance' becomes 'pest' (I've seen this before).
'met' written backwards gives 'tem'.
'tem'+'pest'='TEMPEST'

(Other definitions for tempest that I've seen before include "violent uproar" , "A great storm of wind and rain" , "terrible blow" , "Violent storm (created by Shakespeare?)" , "Violent windy storm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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