| DRAUGHTPROOFING | Swallow perched initially on housetop avoiding gusts of wind |
| RAINPROOF | Pressure drops first on housetop, keeping it from getting wet (9) |
| BLASTS | Gusts of wind; jets of air; good times; explosions or the shock waves caused; toots of car horns, trumpets, whistles etc; or, severe tellings-off (6) |
| LASTS | Keeps on losing hat in strong gusts of wind |
| DRAFTS | Gusts of wind, eg (6) |
| PUFFS | Birds dropping in light gusts of wind (5) |
| BREEZES | Pleasant gusts of wind |
| BLOWS | Gusts of wind |
| CHAIWINDS | Strong gusts of a spiced, steeped drink? |
| PUFF | A short sharp burst of breath, gust of wind or waft of smoke; a light and airy cream-filled pastry such as a profiterole; or, a gathered mass of material in a dress or sleeve (4) |
| BLOW | A gust of wind; a breath of fresh air; a toot of a horn, trumpet, whistle etc; a display/mass of blossom; a calamity or setback; or, a jazz jam session (4) |
| CATSPAW | Nautical name for a pattern of ripples on the water's surface caused by a gust of wind; or, an offshore swivel knot (4-3) |
| REROOF | Put new shingles on, as a housetop |
| ROOFER | Worker who installs shingles on a housetop |
| REPROOF | Traveller is on the housetop for a telling-off (7) |
| DORMER | Rooted projection on a housetop |
| BLAST | A detonation in a quarry; a sudden gust of wind; or, a loud trump of a trumpet or car horn (5) |
| SCUD | Word, from the name of a leporid's short tail, reflecting the sense "run like a rabbit, race like a hare", for a driving cloud, gust of wind, sudden shower, missile, slap or swift-footed sprinter; or, |
| WILLIWAW | Cold gust of wind blowing offshore from a mountainous coast, as in the Strait of Magellan (8) |
| AIRCURRENT | Gust of wind, e.g. |