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Tastes discovered by sailors at the back (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

astern

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

'tastes discovered by sailors' is the wordplay.
'discovered' means to look at the middle letters.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sailors' becomes 'rn' (abbreviation for Royal Navy).
The middle of 'tastes' is 'aste'.
'aste'+'rn'='ASTERN'

(Other definitions for astern that I've seen before include "Toward the tail of a vessel" , "Aft" , "Backward" , "following behind vessel" , "back for sailors" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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