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Akin to salt lake and mines scattered around area (6-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

seaman-like

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'akin to salt' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'lake and mines scattered around area' is the wordplay.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'scattered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'lake' put after 'mines' is 'mineslake'.
'mineslake' anagrammed gives 'seamnlike'.
'seamnlike' enclosing 'a' is 'SEAMAN-LIKE'.

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