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Leading seamen point to fish (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

skippers

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'leading seamen' is the definition.
'skippers' can be an answer for 'seamen' (skipper is a kind of seaman). I'm unsure of the 'leading' bit.

'point to fish' is the wordplay.
'point' becomes 's' (South).
'to fish' becomes 'kippers' (I've seen this before).
's'+'kippers'='SKIPPERS'

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(Other definitions for skippers that I've seen before include "Masters" , "Sea captains" , "Captains of ships or sports teams" , "Informal ship captains" , "taking PE?" .)

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