Sailors about to join Eastern ship that contains unhealthy liquid (7)

Guardian Cryptic #29876 | 5 Across | 2025-12-12
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

definition: an abscess would contain pus ABS (AB is a sailor, with an S to make it plural); C (Circa, "about"); E (Eastern); SS (steam ship)

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