Maritime plea (3)

I believe the answer is:

sos

(Other definitions for sos that I've seen before include "urgent appeal" , "Emergency message" , "Coded distress signal" , "Help with dots and dashes" , "Appeal for help" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.com, the Newsday, the King Feature Syndicate and the Universal.

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