Wind from South Island with legendary bird beginning to circle round (7)
I believe the answer is:
sirocco
'wind' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'south island with legendary bird beginning to circle round' is the wordplay.
'south island' becomes 'si' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'legendary bird' becomes 'roc' (I've seen this in another clue).
'beginning to' suggests taking the first letters.
'round' becomes 'o' (round can mean a round object).
The initial letter of 'circle' is 'c'.
'si'+'roc'+'c'+'o'='SIROCCO'
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sirocco that I've seen before include "Hot wind that reaches Italy from Africa" , "Hot south wind from North Africa" , "Hot Saharan wind blowing into the Mediterranean" , "Hot wind reaching Italy from Africa" , "a blow to Italy?" .)