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Gastropod for sailor marooned? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abalone

'gastropod' is the definition.
(abalone is a kind of gastropod)

'sailor marooned?' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'ab' (abbreviation for able seaman).
'marooned?' becomes 'alone' ('alone' can be similar in meaning to 'marooned').
'ab'+'alone'='ABALONE'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for abalone that I've seen before include "marine creature" , "Mollusc, the sea-ear" , "Seafood" , "Mollusc also called ormer" , "Would you be able on a US shellfish?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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