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Celt moving east to west in storm (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gael

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'celt' is the definition.
(I know that Gael is a type of celt)

'moving east to west in storm' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'east' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'gal' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for gael that I've seen before include "Highland Scot" , "Celt of Ireland, the Scottish Highlands and the IOM" , "Scottish highlander" , "Celtic language speaker" , "Irish speaker?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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