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Wind incorporated side to side in a kind of valve (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mistral

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'wind incorporated side' is the definition.
'mistral' can be an answer for 'wind' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'incorporated side' bit.

'side in a kind of valve' is the wordplay.
'side' becomes 's' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a kind of valve' becomes 'mitral'.
's' inserted into 'mitral' is 'MISTRAL'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for mistral that I've seen before include "That's a blow" , "French wind" , "Nice chiller" , "A harsh blow" , "Strong north wind of southern France" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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