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Eating third of vindaloo, cause wind (5)

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I believe the answer is:

snake

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'wind' is the definition.
(snaking is a kind of winding)

'eating third of vindaloo cause' is the wordplay.
'eating' indicates putting letters inside.
'third of vindaloo' becomes 'n' (krd letter of 'vindaloo').
'cause' becomes 'sake' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'n' going inside 'sake' is 'SNAKE'.

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(Other definitions for snake that I've seen before include "Chinese zodiac animal" , "Carnivorous reptile" , "For instance, adder" , "Limbless reptile" , "Asp, perhaps?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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