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Fuss about fleet meeting a storm (7)

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I believe the answer is:

tornado

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'storm' is the definition.
(type of weather)

'fuss about fleet meeting a' is the wordplay.
'fuss' becomes 'todo' (both can mean a commotion).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'fleet meeting' becomes 'rn' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rn'+'a'='rna'
'todo' placed around 'rna' is 'TORNADO'.

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(Other definitions for tornado that I've seen before include "Road not turned in the windstorm" , "Whirling storm" , "Terrible current" , "It's a big blow" , "Tempest'" .)

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