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A sailor turns up to deliver lots of charts (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

atlas

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'lots of charts' is the definition.
'atlas' can be an answer for 'charts' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'lots of' bit.

'a sailor turns up' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'salt' (salt is a kind of sailor).
'turns up' is a reversal indicator.
'salt' backwards is 'tlas'.
'a'+'tlas'='ATLAS'

'to deliver' is the link.

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(Other definitions for atlas that I've seen before include "Titan compelled by Zeus to support the sky" , "book of world records?" , "Titan who held up the sky" , "travel book" , "Geographical book" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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