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Restrain salesperson on about ship (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

repress

'restrain' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'salesperson on about ship' is the wordplay.
'salesperson' becomes 'rep' (sales rep).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'about' becomes 're' ('re' means regarding or about).
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'rep'+'re'+'ss'='REPRESS'

(Other definitions for repress that I've seen before include "Curb" , "Keep in subjection" , "Forcibly keep down" , "Check" , "bottle up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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