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Seaman teasing nets out (6)

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I believe the answer is:

absent

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'out' is the definition.
('absent' can be similar in meaning to 'out')

'seaman teasing nets' is the wordplay.
'seaman' becomes 'ab'.
'teasing nets' becomes 'sent' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ab'+'sent'='ABSENT'

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(Other definitions for absent that I've seen before include "Not present - vacuous" , "AWOL" , "lack of attention" , "Forgetful, with mind on other things" , "Not attending" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Sun.
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