Freighter’s crew (5)

I believe the answer is:

eight

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'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.

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(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?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Hindu.

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