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Marvellous seeing a hundred and one whales rolling (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

magic

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

'a hundred and one whales rolling' is the wordplay.
'a hundred' becomes 'C' (Roman numerals).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'one whales rolling' becomes 'magi' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'c' put after 'magi' is 'MAGIC'.

'seeing' is the link.

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(Other definitions for magic that I've seen before include "Great" , "Tricks" , "Supernatural power" , "Conjuring trick, legerdemain" , "Wonderful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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