Crossword Genius

Fool married - then sailed off (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mislead

'fool' is the definition.
(I know that fool can be written as mislead)

'married then sailed off' is the wordplay.
'married' becomes 'm' (abbreviation, e.g. in genealogy).
'then' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'off' indicates an anagram.
'sailed' with letters rearranged gives 'islead'.
'm'+'islead'='MISLEAD'

(Other definitions for mislead that I've seen before include "Deceive" , "Fool" , "Cause someone to believe something is not true" , "Cause someone to have a false belief" , "Take someone in the wrong direction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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