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Cathys out to get a bloke - a sailor (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yachtsman

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

'cathys out to get a bloke' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'to get' says to put letters next to each other.
'a bloke' becomes 'man' (informal term for a man).
'cathys' with letters rearranged gives 'yachts'.
'yachts'+'man'='YACHTSMAN'

(Other definitions for yachtsman that I've seen before include "crafty person" , "Description of Chichester" , "Sir Francis Chichester, perhaps" , "I may go round the world" , "sportsperson involved with rigging?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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