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Run sail out from an island (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

insular

'an island' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'run sail out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'run'+'sail'='runsail'
'runsail' anagrammed gives 'INSULAR'.

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for insular that I've seen before include "Inward-looking" , "Man, for one, is so" , "Man may be thus described" , "Having a narrow outlook" , "withdrawn" .)

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