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Bright and blustery at first, then wet (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brainy

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'bright' is the definition.
(both can mean intelligent)

'blustery at first then wet' is the wordplay.
'blustery' becomes 'b' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'at first then' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'wet' becomes 'rainy' (similar in meaning).
'b'+'rainy'='BRAINY'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for brainy that I've seen before include "Clever, got lots of grey matter" , "Highly intelligent" , "Bright" , "Binary (anag.)" , "Showing intelligence" .)

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