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Bracing air a specified person associated with Australia (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ozone

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'bracing air' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a specified person associated with australia' is the wordplay.
'a specified person' becomes 'one' ('one' can mean an unspecified person. I am not sure about the 'specified' bit.).
'associated with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'australia' becomes 'oz' (informal name for Australia).
'one' after 'oz' is 'OZONE'.

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(Other definitions for ozone that I've seen before include "Gas forming protective layer" , "Trioxygen" , "Form of oxygen in earth's upper atmosphere - there's a hole in it" , "By sea, you could take in this" , "Toxic form of oxygen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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