Surfaces packed with endless sea doves? (9)

I believe the answer is:

appeasers

'doves?' is the definition.
(political doves may favour appeasement)

'surfaces packed with endless sea' is the wordplay.
'surfaces' becomes 'appears' (surface can mean to emerge or appear).
'packed with' indicates putting letters inside.
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'sea' with its final letter taken off is 'se'.
'appears' placed around 'se' is 'APPEASERS'.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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