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Ship's officer reeling on sub (5)

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I believe the answer is:

bosun

'ship's officer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'reeling on sub' is the wordplay.
'reeling' indicates an anagram.
'on'+'sub'='onsub'
'onsub' is an anagram of 'BOSUN'.

(Other definitions for bosun that I've seen before include "Naval officer" , "who controls crew?" , "An abbreviated boatswain" , "Bonus for a small boatswain" , "A diminutive boatswain" .)

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