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Home for a sailor with a poem (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abode

'home' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'sailor with a poem' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'ab' (abbreviation for able seaman).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a poem' becomes 'ode' (ode is a type of poem).
'ab'+'ode'='ABODE'

'for a' is the link.

(Other definitions for abode that I've seen before include "House, home" , "Where one lives" , "Archaic dwelling place" , "Pad" , "stay" .)

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