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Sailors' stories, say, about the navy? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

yarns

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'sailors' stories' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'say about the navy?' is the wordplay.
'say' becomes 'yas' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'the navy?' becomes 'RN' (abbreviation for Royal Navy).
'yas' enclosing 'rn' is 'YARNS'.

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(Other definitions for yarns that I've seen before include "Stories, threads" , "Anecdotes" , "Wools or stories" , "Threads spun from wool, cotton, etc." , "rambling stories" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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