Landlocked people being sensible keeping naval forces? (3,8)
I believe the answer is:
san marinese
'landlocked people being' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'sensible keeping naval forces?' is the wordplay.
'sensible' becomes 'sane' (sane can mean sensible or reasonable).
'keeping' indicates putting letters inside.
'naval forces?' becomes 'marines' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'naval' bit.).
'sane' enclosing 'marines' is 'SAN MARINESE'.
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I've seen this clue in The Times.
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