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Sailors going round northern lakes (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tarns

'lakes' is the definition.
(I know this)

'sailors going round northern' is the wordplay.
'sailors' becomes 'tars' (tar is a kind of sailor).
'going round' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters go around others).
'northern' becomes 'n' (abbreviation e.g. N. Ireland).
'tars' placed around 'n' is 'TARNS'.

(Another definition for tarns that I've seen is " Mountain lakes".)

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