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One in the sea grabbed by crazy fool (7)

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I believe the answer is:

mislead

'fool' is the definition.
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'one in the sea grabbed by crazy' is the wordplay.
'one in the sea' becomes 'isle'.
'grabbed by' indicates putting letters inside.
'crazy' becomes 'mad' ('mad' can be a synonym of 'crazy').
'isle' placed within 'mad' is 'MISLEAD'.

(Other definitions for mislead that I've seen before include "Take someone in the wrong direction" , "Hoodwink" , "Cause someone to have a false belief" , "Cause someone to believe something is not true" , "Deceive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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