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Seaman? Hardly, yet a safe keeper (9)

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I believe the answer is:

custodian

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'keeper' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'seaman? hardly yet a safe' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for custodian that I've seen before include "Guardian" , "Protector/guardian (of something)" , "One takes care of" , "museum keeper" , "Protector" .)

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