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A wild horse disembarked (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ashore

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'a wild horse disembarked' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'a wild horse' is the wordplay.
'wild' indicates anagramming the letters.
'horse' with letters rearranged gives 'shore'.
'a'+'shore'='ASHORE'

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(Other definitions for ashore that I've seen before include "Going on land from sea" , "beach" , "Off the boat" , "Hoarse (anag)" , "Onto land (from the water)" .)

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