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Chill wind has Daisy sheltering in the city (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

easterly

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'sheltering in the city' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'chill wind has daisy' is the wordplay.
'chill wind' becomes 'ely' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'has' indicates putting letters inside.
'daisy' becomes 'aster' (I've seen this before).
'ely' placed around 'aster' is 'EASTERLY'.

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(Other definitions for easterly that I've seen before include "bitter blow for the UK" , "large blow" , "Wind to westward" , "The sort of wind that brings cold air to this country" , "Invariably cold wind" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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