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At Spithead, they're properly sunk! (5)

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wells

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(Other definitions for wells that I've seen before include "Cathedral city; sci-fi writer" , "Author" , "What a boring person might produce" , "H. G. . . . . ., science-fiction writer" , "Springs" .)

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