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Bravo — survives gales (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blasts

'gales' is the definition.

'bravo survives' is the wordplay.
'bravo' becomes 'b' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'survives' becomes 'lasts' ('last' can be a synonym of 'survive').
'b'+'lasts'='BLASTS'

(Other definitions for blasts that I've seen before include "Explosions" , "Attacks vituperatively" , "curses" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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