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Greek character given retreat that's secluded in warm wind (7)

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I believe the answer is:

chinook

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'warm wind' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'greek character given retreat' is the wordplay.
'greek character' becomes 'chi' (letter from the Greek alphabet).
'given' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'retreat' becomes 'nook' (nook is a kind of retreat).
'chi'+'nook'='CHINOOK'

'that's secluded in' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for chinook that I've seen before include "Warm dry wind of the Rockies - large Pacific salmon" , "Arctic wind" , "nickname of US State" , "What blows" , "Native American - wind - helicopter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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