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Not a good sailor (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pirate

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'sailor' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'not a good' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
'good' could be 'pi' (old-fashioned term for pious) and 'pi' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for pirate that I've seen before include "Seaborne robber" , "Illegally-copied (version)" , "plagiarist" , "Criminal on the high seas" , "Hook", for example" .)

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