Sailor who made a fortune for ship's officer? (7)
I believe the answer is:
matelot
'sailor who' is the definition.
'matelot' can be an answer for 'sailor' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the rest of the definition.
'a fortune for ship's officer?' is the wordplay.
'a fortune' becomes 'lot' (as in a person's lot in life).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'ship's officer?' becomes 'mate' (mate is a kind of ship's officer).
'lot' after 'mate' is 'MATELOT'.
'made' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for matelot that I've seen before include "One sailor" , "Sailor (slang from French)" , "One at sea" , "Rating" , "A lot met (anag) - sailor" .)