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How 1 might look beneath your blankets? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thundery

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'how 1' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'might look beneath your blankets?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'beneath' could be 'under' (under means beneath or underneath) and 'under' is present in the answer.
'your' could be 'thy' ('thy' historically meant 'your') and 'thy' is found within the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for thundery that I've seen before include "Threatening" , "Sultry" , "Oppressive" , "As storms usually are" , "Characterized by rumbles in the sky" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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