Masculine sailor finds the fairy queen (3)

I believe the answer is:

mab

'the fairy queen' is the definition.
(Queen Mab is a mythical fairy queen)

'masculine sailor' is the wordplay.
'masculine' becomes 'm'.
'sailor' becomes 'ab' (abbreviation for able seaman).
'm'+'ab'='MAB'

'finds' acts as a link.

(Another definition for mab that I've seen is " Queen--, fairy mentioned in Romeo and Juliet".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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