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Wind round and round, in crack (7)

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I believe the answer is:

chinook

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'wind round' is the definition.
'chinook' can be an answer for 'wind' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'round' bit.

'round in crack' is the wordplay.
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'crack' becomes 'chook' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' put into 'chook' is 'CHINOOK'.

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for chinook that I've seen before include "What blows" , "North American wind, native or language" , "Native American - wind - helicopter" , "hot wind" , "nickname of US State" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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