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English sailors without a feeling of discontent (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

envy

'feeling of discontent' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'english sailors without a' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'sailors' becomes 'navy' (group of sailors).
'without' is a deletion indicator.
'navy' with 'a' removed is 'nvy'.
'e'+'nvy'='ENVY'

(Other definitions for envy that I've seen before include "grudge" , "Jealous feeling" , "Jealousy, resentment" , "Be green" , "The green-eyed monster" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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