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Chants may upset sailor (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yachtsman

'sailor' is the definition.
(I know that sailor can be written as yachtsman)

'chants may upset' is the wordplay.
'upset' indicates an anagram.
'chants'+'may'='chantsmay'
'chantsmay' with letters rearranged gives 'YACHTSMAN'.

(Other definitions for yachtsman that I've seen before include "Male sailor" , "sportsperson involved with rigging?" , "I may go round the world" , "Description of Chichester" , "Pleasure sailor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Sun.
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