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Vacant celebrity copy causing storm (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cyclone

'storm' is the definition.
(cyclone is a kind of storm)

'vacant celebrity copy' is the wordplay.
'vacant' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'copy' becomes 'clone' (cloning is a kind of copying**).
'celebrity' with its middle taken out is 'cy'.
'cy'+'clone'='CYCLONE'

'causing' is the link.

(Other definitions for cyclone that I've seen before include "storm in the West Indies, say" , "Typhoon" , "Wind spiral" , "Violent whirling wind" , "lots of wind" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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