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Dolphin’s mostly well out around slipway perhaps (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grampus

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'dolphin's' is the definition.
(grampus is a kind of dolphin)

'around slipway perhaps' is the wordplay.
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'slipway' becomes 'ramp' (a slipway is a ramp by water).
'perhaps' becomes 'gus' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ramp' going within 'gus' is 'GRAMPUS'.

'mostly well out' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for grampus that I've seen before include "Popular name for a killer whale" , "One often spouting" , "Good synchronised swimmer" , "Dolphin - killer whale" , "danger in the main" .)

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