Main course his speciality? (8)

I believe the answer is:

helmsman

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'main course his speciality?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

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(Other definitions for helmsman that I've seen before include "source of direction" , "Ship's steerer" , "Boat steerer" , "Coxswain of a lifeboat" , "One steers a boat" .)

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