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Healthy weather, we hear (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hale

'healthy' is the definition.
(hale can mean fit and healthy)

'weather we hear' is the wordplay.
'weather' becomes 'hail' (hail is a kind of weather).
'we hear' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'hail' is a homophone of 'HALE'.

(Other definitions for hale that I've seen before include "Showing vigorous good health" , "Healthy and hearty" , "Sound of body" , "Well" , "Strong and healthy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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