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Navigated badly, circling wretched albatross? (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disadvantage

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'albatross?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'navigated badly circling wretched' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'wretched' could be 'sad' (similar in meaning) and 'sad' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'navigated' is 'divantage' which is present in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for disadvantage that I've seen before include "Handicap" , "Unfavourable circumstance" , "Flaw -- weak point" , "Put in an unfavourable position" , "Drawback" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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