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Gleeful ratings at sea out of the control of others (4-10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

self-regulating

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'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.

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(Another definition for self-regulating that I've seen is " Internally controlled".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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