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Wet, Wet, Wet fellow almost captivates, playing quickly? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

monsoonal

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'wet wet wet fellow' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adjective which matches the answer.

'almost captivates playing quickly?' is the wordplay.
'almost' becomes 'mal' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'captivates' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'playing' becomes 'on' (on can mean playing or performing).
'quickly?' becomes 'soon' (I've seen this in another clue).
'on'+'soon'='onsoon'
'mal' enclosing 'onsoon' is 'MONSOONAL'.

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