The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word OZONE
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More clues leading to the result OZONE
- Gas from individual on the east side of Australia
- Australia has a certain invigorating air
- Australian individual, a gas!
- Fresh air round district is wanted
- Australian unit making gas
- A person going after Australian sea air
- Toxic gas round area
- Bracing air round region
- Australian figure in fresh air
- Sea air I discovered east of Australia
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The straight part
We know that "gas" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case gas = ozone.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does OZONE mean?
OZONE noun- An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a blue gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge.
- Fresh air, especially that breathed at the seaside and smelling of seaweed.
- To treat with ozone.