Objectives given to sailor (7)
I believe the answer is:
targets
'objectives' is the definition.
(I know this)
'given to sailor' is the wordplay.
'given' becomes 'gets' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'sailor' becomes 'tar' (term for a sailor).
'gets' after 'tar' is 'TARGETS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for targets that I've seen before include "Butts" , "objectives of firing people" , "Goals" , "Aim points" , "Reference points to shoot at" .)