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Where ships are in peril, Pacific port offers sanctuary to sailor (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sea battle

'where ships are in peril' is the definition.
(a sea battle endangers ships)

'pacific port offers sanctuary to sailor' is the wordplay.
'pacific port' becomes 'Seattle' (Seattle is a US port on the Pacific coast).
'offers sanctuary to' is an insertion indicator.
'sailor' becomes 'ab' (abbreviation for able seaman).
'seattle' going around 'ab' is 'SEA BATTLE'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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