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Sailor organising a team a good deal (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

matelot

'sailor' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'organising a team a good deal' is the wordplay.
'organising' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a good deal' becomes 'lot' ('lot' can be a synonym of 'good deal').
'team' anagrammed gives 'mate'.
'mate'+'lot'='MATELOT'

(Other definitions for matelot that I've seen before include "Sailor (slang from French)" , "Rating" , "A lot met (anag) - sailor" , "One sailor" , "One at sea" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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