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Society girl catching boat west in dodgy place to surf (4,3)

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I believe the answer is:

dark web

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'dodgy place to surf' is the definition.
I know that 'surf' relates to this answer.

'society girl catching boat west' is the wordplay.
'society girl' becomes 'deb' (I've seen this before).
'catching' indicates putting letters inside.
'boat' becomes 'ark' (ark is a kind of boat).
'west' becomes 'W' (abbreviation).
'ark'+'w'='arkw'
'deb' enclosing 'arkw' is 'DARK WEB'.

'in' acts as a link.

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