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Groups at sea moving cargo ship alee (13)

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I believe the answer is:

archipelagoes

'groups at sea' is the definition.
(an archipelago is a group of islands)

'moving cargo ship alee' is the wordplay.
'moving' is an anagram indicator.
'cargo'+'ship'+'alee'='cargoshipalee'
'cargoshipalee' anagrammed gives 'ARCHIPELAGOES'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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