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Marine rover? (3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sea dog

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'rover?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'marine' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'marine' could be 'sea' (both can mean 'of the sea') and 'sea' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'dog' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for sea dog that I've seen before include "Old tar" , "Old or experienced sailor" , "An old sailor of canine origin" , "Dosage (anag)" , "Experienced mariner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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