Gleeful ratings at sea out of the control of others (4-10)
I believe the answer is:
self-regulating
'of the control of others' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'gleeful ratings at sea' is the wordplay.
'at sea' indicates an anagram.
'gleeful'+'ratings'='gleefulratings'
'gleefulratings' is an anagram of 'SELF-REGULATING'.
'out' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for self-regulating that I've seen is " Internally controlled".)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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