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Blast of wind engulfing European visitor (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

guest

'visitor' is the definition.
(someone visiting a place)

'blast of wind engulfing european' is the wordplay.
'blast of wind' becomes 'gust' (I've seen this in another clue).
'engulfing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'gust' enclosing 'e' is 'GUEST'.

(Other definitions for guest that I've seen before include "Caller" , "Invited person" , "Customer of a hotel" , "Invited visitor" , "Conjectured audibly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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