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Swell of southern impetus (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

surge

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

'southern impetus' is the wordplay.
'southern' becomes 's' (abbreviation).
'impetus' becomes 'urge' (I've seen this in another clue).
's'+'urge'='SURGE'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for surge that I've seen before include "Sudden large increase" , "Outpouring" , "significant increase" , "Sudden rush" , "Sudden push forward" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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