The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word ANEMOMETER
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More clues leading to the result ANEMOMETER
- Wind instrument contributing to atmospheric records?
- One can detect a certain amount of bluster
- Name remote switches for gauge
- Exciting era in which submariner happened on way to measure current
- Mother wearing silly tee near weather instrument
- How to gauge the blow of a missing fish dish with lobster tail
- How a weatherman might get wind of mean meteor burst
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The straight part
We know that "Wind instrument contributing to atmospheric records" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case wind instrument contributing to atmospheric records = anemometer.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does ANEMOMETER mean?
ANEMOMETER noun- An instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind, a windmeter.