Middle East port (4)
I believe the answer is:
aden
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">middle east port</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for aden that I've seen before include "Yemeni gulf" , "somewhere on the Arabian peninsula" , "Dean is out in the Middle Eastern port" , "Dean is in the Yemen, strangely" , "Port city of Yemen" .)