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Highly awed seamen ran into harbours (4-6)

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I believe the answer is:

star-struck

'highly awed' is the definition.

'seamen ran into harbours' is the wordplay.
'seamen' becomes 'tars' (tar can mean a sailor).
'ran into' becomes 'struck' (both can mean hit).
'harbours' indicates putting letters inside (harbour can mean to hide or give shelter to).
'tars' placed within 'struck' is 'STAR-STRUCK'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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