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Marine features you can see free at Spithead (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reefs

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'marine features you can see free at spithead' is the definition.
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'can see free at spithead' is the wordplay.
'can' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'canned' mean this (canned can mean drunk)).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'spithead' becomes 's' (head letter of 'spit').
'free' with letters rearranged gives 'reef'.
'reef'+'s'='REEFS'

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(Other definitions for reefs that I've seen before include "coral banks" , "Submerged ridges of rock or coral near the surface of water" , "Groups of submerged rock" , "Ridges of rock or sand beneath sea surface" .)

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