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Rope seaman primarily leaves alone (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strands

'leaves alone' is the definition.

'rope seaman primarily' is the wordplay.
'rope' becomes 'strand'.
'primarily' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'seaman' is 's'.
'strand'+'s'='STRANDS'

(Other definitions for strands that I've seen before include "Threads or beaches" , "Filaments" , "Strings or chains" , "Leaves helpless on the sand" , "Threads, fibres" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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