Sailors going round northern lakes (5)
I believe the answer is:
tarns
'lakes' is the definition.
(tarn is a kind of lake)
'sailors going round northern' is the wordplay.
'sailors' becomes 'tars' (tar is a kind of sailor).
'going round' indicates putting letters inside (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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