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Head of the sailors instanced nightly by Arabian damsel (6)

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I believe the answer is:

sinbad

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'head of the sailors instanced nightly by arabian damsel' is the definition.
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'head of the sailors instanced nightly by arabian damsel' is the wordplay.
'head of' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'sailors instanced nightly by arabian damsel' is 'SINBAD'.

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(Other definitions for sinbad that I've seen before include "Sailor of Eastern tale" , "Adventurous sailor of Arabian Nights or pantomime" , "Legendary mariner noted for seven voyages" , "Legendary sailor from Arabian nights" , "Pantomime sailor from the Arabian Nights (6)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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