Berth aboard ship on ocean not occupied by one guy from Leith? (8)
I believe the answer is:
scotsman
'guy from leith?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'berth aboard ship on ocean not occupied by one' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'not' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'one' could be 'an' (an apple is one apple) and 'an' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scotsman that I've seen before include "'Billy Connolly or Sean Connery, say (8)'" , "Northerner" , "Caledonian" , "once seen flying along the track?" , "newspaper" .)