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Native American has left basket for fisherman (5)

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I believe the answer is:

creel

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'basket for fisherman' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'native american has left' is the wordplay.
'native american' becomes 'cree' (an indigenous people of North America).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'cree'+'l'='CREEL'

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(Other definitions for creel that I've seen before include "Basket (for a mackerel once caught?)" , "Lobster trap" , "Bobbin rack" , "lobster basket" , "Wickerwork basket" .)

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