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Daisy enters city in wind (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

easterly

'wind' is the definition.
(I know that easterly is a type of wind)

'daisy enters city' is the wordplay.
'daisy' becomes 'aster' (I've seen this before).
'enters' is an insertion indicator.
'city' becomes 'ely' (Ely is a city in Cambridgeshire).
'aster' placed inside 'ely' is 'EASTERLY'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for easterly that I've seen before include "Invariably cold wind" , "The sort of wind that brings cold air to this country" , "Of wind, blowing from direction of rising sun" , "large blow" , "A wind blowing towards the west" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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