Freighter’s crew (5)
I believe the answer is:
eight
'crew' is the definition.
(an eight-person rowing team)
'freighter's' is the wordplay.
'EIGHT' is hidden within the letters.
However, I'm uncertain how this is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eight that I've seen before include "One over this for drunkenness" , "Chaps having row" , "Number of the April rainers" , "One over it and you were drunk, it was said" , "Oxford crew, perhaps?" .)