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Aware of a rising sea but far from queasy (7,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

feeling swell

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'aware of a rising sea but far' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'from queasy' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'from' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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