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Be joining skipper finally on ship -- a German (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

berliner

'a german' is the definition.
(Berliner is an example)

'be joining skipper finally on ship' is the wordplay.
'joining' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'finally' says to take the final letters.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'ship' becomes 'liner' (liner is a kind of ship**).
The last letter of 'skipper' is 'r'.
'be'+'r'+'liner'='BERLINER'

(Other definitions for berliner that I've seen before include "German capitalist" , "Person from the German capital" , "capital chap" , "Citizen of Germany's capital" , "European citizen < in trio" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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