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A white surf afoot unfortunately I’m in quite the wrong place (1,4,3,2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

a fish out of water

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'i'm in quite the wrong place' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'a white surf afoot unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' is an anagram indicator (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'white'+'surf'+'afoot'='whitesurfafoot'
'whitesurfafoot' anagrammed gives 'fishoutofwater'.
'a'+'fishoutofwater'='A FISH OUT OF WATER'

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(Other definitions for a fish out of water that I've seen before include "Catch" , "one unsuited to situation" , "one feeling out of place" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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