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American skipper of Nautilus, on three points, displaying bloomers (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

anemones

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'bloomers' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'american skipper of nautilus on three points' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'skipper of nautilus' becomes 'nemo' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'three points' becomes 'nes'.
'a'+'nemo'+'nes'='ANEMONES'

'displaying' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for anemones that I've seen before include "bloomers" , "Mean nose (anag.)" , "No enemas for these flowers" , "Flowers of the buttercup family" , "Sane omen for sea creatures" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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