Save? Sailor has a method (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
salt away
'save?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'sailor has a method' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'salt' (salt is a kind of sailor**).
'has' says to put letters next to each other.
'method' becomes 'way' (I've seen this before).
'salt'+'a'+'way'='SALT AWAY'
(Other definitions for salt away that I've seen before include "Save" , "Store" , "Stash" , "set aside" , "bank" .)