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Where to find sailors working when lots of tourists are around (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

high season

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'where to find sailors working when lots' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'tourists are around' is the wordplay.
'tourists' becomes 'highseas' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'are' becomes 'gone' (going is a kind of being).
'around' says to take the centre.
The middle of 'gone' is 'on'.
'highseas'+'on'='HIGH SEASON'

'of' is the link.

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(Another definition for high season that I've seen is " peak tourist period".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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