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Expressed deep unhappiness with snakes affected by gale (9)

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I believe the answer is:

windswept

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'affected by gale' is the definition.
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'expressed deep unhappiness with snakes' is the wordplay.
'expressed deep unhappiness' becomes 'wept' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'snakes' becomes 'winds'.
'wept' put after 'winds' is 'WINDSWEPT'.

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(Other definitions for windswept that I've seen before include "beaten by the weather" , "Affected by moving air" , "having dishevelled look" , "blown away" , "Bedraggled" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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