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Boy flees prison, plunging into blue Mediterranean (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cyprian

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'boy flees prison plunging' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'into blue mediterranean' is the wordplay.
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'blue' becomes 'cyan' (I have seen 'Greenish blue ' mean 'cyan' so perhaps 'blue' could also mean 'cyan').
'mediterranean' becomes 'pri' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'cyan' enclosing 'pri' is 'CYPRIAN'.

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