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Love to approach sea like Nelson? (3-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

one-armed

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'love to approach sea like nelson?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'love to approach sea' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'to approach' becomes 'near' (synonyms).
'sea' becomes 'med' (abbreviation of Mediterranean).
'o'+'near'+'med'='ONE-ARMED'

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(Another definition for one-armed that I've seen is " A slot machine is considered to be this type of bandit".)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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