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Officers may see arms laid at sea (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

admirals

'officers' is the definition.
(admiral is a kind of officer)

'arms laid at sea' is the wordplay.
'at sea' indicates anagramming the letters.
'arms'+'laid'='armslaid'
'armslaid' anagrammed gives 'ADMIRALS'.

'may see' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for admirals that I've seen before include "Officers" , "Supreme fleet commanders" , "Supreme commanders of fleets" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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