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Wind, fog, rain, and lightning primarily (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mistral

'wind' is the definition.
(I know that mistral is a type of boreas)

'fog rain and lightning primarily' is the wordplay.
'fog' becomes 'mist' (mist is a kind of fog).
'primarily' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'rain and lightning' is 'ral'.
'mist'+'ral'='MISTRAL'

(Other definitions for mistral that I've seen before include "Strong cold dry wind" , "Strong north wind of southern France" , "Famous wind in the Rhone Valley blowing towards the Med" , "That's a blow" , "Nice chiller" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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