Mentioned travelling by boat to market (4)

I believe the answer is:

sale

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'to market' is the definition.
(I've seen this in other clues)

'mentioned travelling' is the wordplay.
'mentioned' shows a homophone (sound like).
'travelling' becomes 'sail' (sail is a kind of travelling).
'sail' sounds like 'SALE'.

'by boat' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for sale that I've seen before include "Auction - somewhere in Greater Manchester" , "Transaction" , "Period of lower prices" , "Auction; Cheshire town" , "Disposal of shop's stock at reduced prices" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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