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Outburst from girlfriend over sweetheart (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gale

'outburst' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'girlfriend over sweetheart' is the wordplay.
'girlfriend' becomes 'gal' (gal can informally mean a girlfriend).
'over' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sweetheart' becomes 'e' (the heart/centre of 'sweet').
'gal'+'e'='GALE'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for gale that I've seen before include "Strong wind" , "Squall" , "High wind" , "Force 8 wind" , "Bille from a bladder" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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