Gradual updraft, small tornado initially gets the wind up (4) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% GUST Gradual updraft, small tornado initially gets the wind up (4) (4)
5% ARISE Get up (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 7, 2025
5% RISE Get up (4) USA Today Nov 1, 2025
5% TWISTER Tornado; dishonest person (7) The Telegraph Quick Oct 6, 2025
5% HEAR Get wind of (4) Eugene Sheffer Sep 22, 2025
5% DRAWTOACLOSE Wind down gradually (12) USA Today Aug 19, 2025
5% RATCHET Gradually increase, with "up" (7) Universal Aug 17, 2025
4% CRESCENDO Getting gradually louder, crocs need exercising (9) The Times Quick Cryptic Nov 7, 2025
4% OBOE Tubular wind (4) Wall Street Journal Nov 6, 2025
4% WEAN Withdraw from gradually (4) The Atlantic Nov 5, 2025
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