Powerful wind (4)

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gale

'powerful wind' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for gale that I've seen before include "Squall" , "High wind" , "Force 8 wind" , "A wild storm" , "A storm of wind and rain" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press, the Universal, The Mirror, The Wall Street Journal and the King Feature Syndicate.

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