Spot sailor’s punishment on flagship come unstuck (5,1,7,2)
I believe the answer is:
catch a glimpse of
'spot' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'sailor's punishment on flagship come unstuck' is the wordplay.
'sailor's punishment' becomes 'cat' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'unstuck' indicates anagramming the letters (letters come unstuck from their original positions).
'flagship'+'come'='flagshipcome'
'flagshipcome' anagrammed gives 'chaglimpseof'.
'cat'+'chaglimpseof'='CATCH A GLIMPSE OF'
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