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AA refers drunken sailor (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

seafarer

'sailor' is the definition.
(I know that sailor can be written as seafarer)

'aa refers drunken' is the wordplay.
'drunken' indicates an anagram.
'aa'+'refers'='aarefers'
'aarefers' anagrammed gives 'SEAFARER'.

(Other definitions for seafarer that I've seen before include "Marine traveller" , "Jack" , "One on the water" , "Rating maybe" , "man being attracted by waves?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Telegraph.
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