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Sailor only gets shellfish (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abalone

'shellfish' is the definition.
(abalone is a kind of shellfish)

'sailor only' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'ab' (abbreviation for able seaman).
'only' becomes 'alone' ('alone' can be a synonym of 'only').
'ab'+'alone'='ABALONE'

'gets' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for abalone that I've seen before include "something to eat from the sea" , "produces an ear shell" , "Edible shellfish, sea-ear" , "Mother-of-pearl could have come from" , "sea mollusc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Telegraph.
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