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Hunting relations left at sea (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blood sport

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'hunting relations' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'left at sea' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'port' (left side of a ship - opposite of starboard).
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'sea' becomes 'bloods' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'port' put after 'bloods' is 'BLOOD SPORT'.

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(Other definitions for blood sport that I've seen before include "deadly pursuit" , "In the chase" .)

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