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Sea eagle gets between horses in coastal town (5,3)

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I believe the answer is:

herne bay

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'between horses in coastal town' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'sea eagle' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'eagle' could be 'erne' (erne is a kind of eagle) and 'erne' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'gets' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for herne bay that I've seen is " coastal resort".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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