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Crew's foreman's from Botswana, I suspect (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

boatswain

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'crew's foreman's' is the definition.
'boatswain' can be an answer for 'foreman's' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'crew's' bit.

'botswana i suspect' is the wordplay.
'suspect' is an anagram indicator.
'botswana'+'i'='botswanai'
'botswanai' with letters rearranged gives 'BOATSWAIN'.

'from' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for boatswain that I've seen before include "sailor" , "4 [TEMPEST] character" , "Seaman" , "I'm chaired to work" , "who has a pipe with a mate?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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