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Storm all but hurtled around prison (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hurricane

'storm' is the definition.
(hurricane is a kind of storm)

'all but hurtled around prison' is the wordplay.
'all but' means to remove the last letter ('all but' can mean 'almost' or 'nearly').
'hurtled' becomes 'hurried' (both can mean to run very fast).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'prison' becomes 'can' (the can is American slang for prison).
'hurried' with its last letter taken away is 'hurrie'.
'hurrie' placed around 'can' is 'HURRICANE'.

(Other definitions for hurricane that I've seen before include "Storm with violent wind, common in Florida" , "Big blow?" , "Wind force 12 or over on Beaufort scale" , "Plane once" , "Caribbean cyclone" .)

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