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Protective covering casts a marina out (12)

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I believe the answer is:

antimacassar

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'protective covering' is the definition.
'antimacassar' can be an answer for 'covering' (antimacassar is a kind of covering). I'm unsure of the 'protective' bit.

'casts a marina out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'casts'+'a'+'marina'='castsamarina'
'castsamarina' with letters rearranged gives 'ANTIMACASSAR'.

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(Other definitions for antimacassar that I've seen before include "Covering to protect the back of a chair from hair oils" , "Protective chair cover" , "It keeps hair oil off the back of a chair" , "Protective cloth on upholstered seat" , "Cloth protecting chair from grease" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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