Sailor tucking into biscuits, quality items (12)
I believe the answer is:
crackerjacks
'quality items' is the definition.
(crackerjack can mean an excellent thing)
'sailor tucking into biscuits' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'jack' (informal term for a sailor).
'tucking into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'biscuits' becomes 'crackers' (I've seen this before).
'jack' put within 'crackers' is 'CRACKERJACKS'.
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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