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Seasoning sailor from Gibraltar? (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rock salt

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'seasoning sailor from gibraltar?' is the definition.
'rock salt' can be an answer for 'seasoning' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the 'sailor from gibraltar?' bit.

'seasoning sailor' is the wordplay.
'seasoning' becomes 'rock' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sailor' becomes 'salt' (salt is a kind of sailor).
'rock'+'salt'='ROCK-SALT'

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(Other definitions for rock salt that I've seen before include "condiment" , "Mineral sodium chloride" , "mineral deposit" , "Seasoning" , "Mineral NaC One" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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