Trouble afterwards to the Navy - or Air Force? (7)
I believe the answer is:
tornado
'air force?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both types of natural phenomena as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'trouble afterwards to the navy' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'trouble' could be 'ado' (both can mean bother or commotion) and 'ado' is present in the answer.
'to' is found in the answer.
'navy' could be 'rn' (abbreviation for Royal Navy) and 'rn' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'or' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tornado that I've seen before include "Rapidly whirling column of air" , "Violent swirling wind" , "Hurricane" , "Road not turned in the windstorm" , "RAF fighter; whirlwind" .)