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Weary Arsenal wingers from the north (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

boreal

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'the north' is the definition.
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'weary arsenal wingers' is the wordplay.
'weary' becomes 'bore' (as a verb).
'arsenal wingers' becomes 'al' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bore'+'al'='BOREAL'

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for boreal that I've seen before include "Related to the northern lights" , "Relating to qualities associated with the north wind" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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