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Sailor slammed Bleriot’s substandard work? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

potboiler

'substandard work?' is the definition.
(term for a creative work of low quality)

'sailor slammed bleriot's' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'PO' (petty officer).
'slammed' indicates an anagram.
'bleriot' anagrammed gives 'tboiler'.
'po'+'tboiler'='POTBOILER'

(Other definitions for potboiler that I've seen before include "Book, film, etc, produced just for the money" , "likely to be steamy?" , "Moneymaking work" , "Quickly written novel of little merit" , "Poor novel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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