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Specialist catch with line at sea (9)

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I believe the answer is:

technical

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

'catch with line at sea' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'at sea' indicates anagramming the letters.
'catch'+'line'='catchline'
'catchline' with letters rearranged gives 'TECHNICAL'.

(Other definitions for technical that I've seen before include "sort of college" , "Requiring specialist knowledge" , "Scientific" , "specialising in applied science" , "Concerned with applied sciences" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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