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Wind starts to twirl umbrella right now (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

turn

'wind' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'starts to twirl umbrella right now' is the wordplay.
'starts to' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'twirl umbrella right now' is 'TURN'.

(Other definitions for turn that I've seen before include "Go off - act" , "Revolve - go off" , "Spell" , "Change direction" , "Rotate - go" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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