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On which tennis players may be all at sea! (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deck

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'sea' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.

I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.

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(Other definitions for deck that I've seen before include "Horizontal floor on a ship" , "Adorn; level on ship" , "part of ship" , "Floor on board" , "fell to floor" .)

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