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Exposed to elements endlessly in Scottish town? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

airdrie

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'scottish town?' is the definition.
(town in Scotland)

'exposed to elements endlessly' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'elements' could be 'air' (air is a kind of elements) and 'air' is located in the answer.
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(Other definitions for airdrie that I've seen before include "Burgh E. of Glasgow" , "Scottish town" , "North Lanarkshire town" , "Town to E. of Glasgow" , "community up north" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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