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Whale led by pack round island (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

majorca

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'island' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'whale led by pack round' is the wordplay.
'whale' becomes 'orca' (orca is a kind of whale).
'led by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'pack round' becomes 'maj' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'orca' after 'maj' is 'MAJORCA'.

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(Other definitions for majorca that I've seen before include "holiday resort" , "Largest Balearic Island" , "Palma its capital" , "Holiday island" , "Largest of the Balearic Islands" .)

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