Complains, blowing top, making low, ominous sound (7)
I believe the answer is:
rumbles
'making low ominous sound' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'complains blowing top' is the wordplay.
'complains' becomes 'grumbles' (grumbling is a kind of complaining).
'blowing top' means to remove the first letter.
'grumbles' with its first letter taken off is 'RUMBLES'.
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