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Seamen reflecting at home drink no alcohol (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abstain

'drink no alcohol' is the definition.

'seamen reflecting at home' is the wordplay.
'seamen' becomes 'abs' (AB is a naval abbreviation for able seaman).
'reflecting' says the letters should be written backwards.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'at' reversed gives 'ta'.
'abs'+'ta'+'in'='ABSTAIN'

(Other definitions for abstain that I've seen before include "Give up smoking, say" , "Don't indulge" , "Hold off" , "Do without, as in lent" , "Don't vote" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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