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A more reasonable, faultless service to the West Indies (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wiser

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'a more reasonable faultless' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'service to the west indies' is the wordplay.
'service' becomes 'ser' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'the west indies' becomes 'wi'.
'ser' after 'wi' is 'WISER'.

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(Other definitions for wiser that I've seen before include "showing more understanding?" , "More prudent" , "more enlightened" , "More sensible" , "Less foolish" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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