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What’s carried in case of death of fellow killer at sea, by the way (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

donor card

'what's carried in case of death' is the definition.
(card identifying an organ donor)

'fellow killer at sea by the way' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'don' (both can mean an academic).
'killer at sea' becomes 'orca' (term for a killer whale).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'the way' becomes 'rd'.
'don'+'orca'+'rd'='DONOR CARD'

'of' is the link.

(Another definition for donor card that I've seen is " It's carried by prospective organ giver".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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