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Notice quail buffeted in such gales (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

equinoctial

'such gales' is the definition.
(an equinoctial gale happens near an equinox)

'notice quail buffeted' is the wordplay.
'buffeted' indicates anagramming the letters.
'notice'+'quail'='noticequail'
'noticequail' with letters rearranged gives 'EQUINOCTIAL'.

'in' is the link.

(Another definition for equinoctial that I've seen is " around March or September".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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