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Crew put rings etc on maybe? (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deck hands

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'rings etc on maybe?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'crew' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'crew' could be 'hands' (I've seen this before) and 'hands' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'deck' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'put' acts as a link.

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