Duck famous navigator (5)

I believe the answer is:

drake

I believe this is a double definition.

'duck' is the first definition.
(drake is a kind of duck)

'famous navigator' is the second definition.
(Sir Francis Drake)

(Other definitions for drake that I've seen before include "English circumnavigator, d. 1596" , "Elizabethan circumnavigator" , "Elizabethan favourite" , "flyer" , "Sir Francis - -" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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