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

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I believe the answer is:

wiser

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'a more recommendable faultless' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'service to the west indies' is the wordplay.
'service' becomes 'ser' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'the west indies' becomes 'wi'.
'ser' put after 'wi' is 'WISER'.

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(Other definitions for wiser that I've seen before include "more like Charles V" , "Having learned one's lesson?" , "More sagacious" , "A little more sage" , "More knowing" .)

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