The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SKIPJACK
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More clues leading to the result SKIPJACK
- Fish container placed in front of sailor
- Fish with small sharp extremity almost turned on sailor
- Waste container and lifting mechanism getting a nut turned round?
- Fish pass over sailor
- Swimmer? She’s first to sleep with weightlifter
- Captain appearing with sailor’s fish
- Frisk a sailor to find tuna
- Leave out sailor’s fish
- Fish going straight from Queen to Number Ten?
- Cold-weather gear last two characters are lacking protects people initially – it’s for him
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What does SKIPJACK mean?
SKIPJACK noun- Any of several unrelated fish.
- An upstart.
- An elaterid; a click beetle.
- A shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or V-shaped cross section.