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A party with sailors on deck (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adorn

'deck' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a party with sailors' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sailors' becomes 'rn' (abbreviation for Royal Navy).
'a'+'do'+'rn'='ADORN'

'on' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for adorn that I've seen before include "Make more attractive" , "Beautify - decorate - enhance" , "get dressed!" , "Improve appearance" , "Deck" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph, The Guardian and The Times.
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