Sailors show girl round vehicle (7)

I believe the answer is:

lascars

'sailors' is the definition.
(lascar is a kind of sailor)

'girl round vehicle' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'lass' (lass can informally mean a girl).
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'lass' going around 'car' is 'LASCARS'.

'show' is the link.

(Another definition for lascars that I've seen is " Sailors".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.

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