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Sulphur, say, on a lake, is atmospheric (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elemental

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'atmospheric' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'sulphur say on a lake' is the wordplay.
'sulphur say' becomes 'element' (sulphur is a kind of element).
'on' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'lake' becomes 'L' (geographical abbreviation).
'element'+'a'+'l'='ELEMENTAL'

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for elemental that I've seen before include "radical" , "being like Mercury?" , "Basic, primitive" , "Fundamental; supernatural entity" , "Let me lean like forces of nature" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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