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Girl wanting second vehicle for sailor from the east (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lascar

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'sailor from the east' is the definition.
'lascar' can be an answer for 'sailor' (lascar is a kind of sailor). I'm not sure about the 'from the east' bit.

'girl wanting second vehicle' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'la' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'wanting' says to put letters next to each other.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'la'+'s'+'car'='LASCAR'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for lascar that I've seen before include "Indiaman Jack" , "Camp-follower" , "The East Indian sailor is a rascal" , "Asian sailor" , "E. Indian seaman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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