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Going around island, day works fine (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

satisfactory

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'fine' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'going around island day works' is the wordplay.
'going around island day' becomes 'satis' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'works' becomes 'factory' (factory is a kind of works).
'satis'+'factory'='SATISFACTORY'

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(Other definitions for satisfactory that I've seen before include "Acceptable - adequate" , "Fully acceptable" , "Fulfilling expectations" , "OK" , "Meeting expectations" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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