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Seat wrecked by sailors towards the rear (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

astern

'towards the rear' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'seat wrecked by sailors' is the wordplay.
'wrecked' is an anagram indicator.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sailors' becomes 'rn' (abbreviation for Royal Navy).
'seat' anagrammed gives 'aste'.
'aste'+'rn'='ASTERN'

(Other definitions for astern that I've seen before include "Towards the back (of a ship)" , "Toward the tail of a vessel" , "Towards a ship's rear" , "The wake is" , "Aft" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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