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Sailor seen with Her Maj grabbing posh bloke giving the fingers? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

saluter

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'sailor' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'with her maj grabbing posh bloke giving the fingers?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'her' could be 'sal' and 'sal' is located in the answer.
'posh' could be 'u' (abbreviation for upper-class - opposite to non-u) and 'u' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'seen' acts as a link.

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I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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