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Sea dog in battered coastal location (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

san diego

'coastal location' is the definition.
(city on Californian coast)

'sea dog in battered' is the wordplay.
'battered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'sea'+'dog'+'in'='seadogin'
'seadogin' with letters rearranged gives 'SAN DIEGO'.

(Other definitions for san diego that I've seen before include "City of S. California" , "Californian resort" , "Californian port" , "California naval port" , "Calif. naval base" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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