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Navy tracking wayward marine who made unproven claims (7)

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I believe the answer is:

riemann

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'navy tracking wayward marine who made unproven claims' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'navy tracking wayward marine' is the wordplay.
'navy' becomes 'N' (common abbreviation eg in RN Royal Navy).
'tracking' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (track can mean to follow or go after).
'wayward' indicates an anagram (wayward means out of control or chaotic).
'marine' anagrammed gives 'rieman'.
'n' after 'rieman' is 'RIEMANN'.

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