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Subtle manoeuvring on railway that’s windy (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blustery

'windy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'subtle manoeuvring on railway' is the wordplay.
'manoeuvring' indicates an anagram.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'railway' becomes 'ry' (abbreviation for railway).
'subtle' with letters rearranged gives 'bluste'.
'bluste'+'ry'='BLUSTERY'

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for blustery that I've seen before include "Sly brute (anag)" , "Blowing in fits and starts" , "Spasmodically windy" , "Boastful" , "Squally" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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