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Fictional mariner with a vice. Rotten (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sinbad

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'fictional mariner' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'with a vice rotten' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a vice' becomes 'sin'.
'rotten' becomes 'bad' (similar in meaning).
'sin' next to 'bad' is 'SINBAD'.

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(Other definitions for sinbad that I've seen before include "Adventurous sailor of Arabian Nights or pantomime" , "Arabian Nights sailor who made seven voyages" , "The 1001 Nights sailor" , "Pantomime sailor from the Arabian Nights (6)" , "Literary sailor" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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