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Spoil the sailor with a broken shin (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tarnish

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

'sailor with a broken shin' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'tar' (tar can mean a sailor).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a broken' indicates anagramming the letters.
'shin' is an anagram of 'nish'.
'tar'+'nish'='TARNISH'

'the' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tarnish that I've seen before include "Stain or blemish, perhaps a reputation" , "spot" , "Besmirch" , "Go dull" , "Stain like silver" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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