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Cloudy and strangely unable to start raining (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nebular

'cloudy' is the definition.
('nebular' can be similar in meaning to 'cloudy')

'strangely unable to start raining' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates an anagram.
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'start' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'raining' is 'r'.
'unable' anagrammed gives 'nebula'.
'nebula'+'r'='NEBULAR'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for nebular that I've seen before include "Relating to astronomical cloud" , "Cloudlike" , "Hazy and formless" , "Like a cloud (in space)" , "Misty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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