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Loud gale circulating round large Welsh town (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dolgellau

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'welsh town' is the definition.
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'loud gale circulating round large' is the wordplay.
'circulating' indicates an anagram.
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'large' becomes 'L' (eg in clothes sizes).
'loud'+'gale'='loudgale'
'loudgale' anagrammed gives 'dolgelau'.
'dolgelau' enclosing 'l' is 'DOLGELLAU'.

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(Other definitions for dolgellau that I've seen before include "Welsh community" , "somewhere in Wales" , "Welsh market town, lug old ale (anag.)" , "Town in Snowdonia" , "town in Wales" .)

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