The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 6 letter word ABLE SEAMAN
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ABLE SEAMAN
- Jumping beans, a meal for Jack
- Cook a lamb with ease, adding new salt
- American beans meal cooked for mariner
- A meal with beans cooked for one on deck
- Qualified, reportedly, to identify island’s salt
- One to be found in cabin shortly?
- Salt beans, a meal to stew
- Member of crew with muscle, skinny, casing joint
- Jack is fit to crew on the Mediterranean
- Seasoning as amenable as salt
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The straight part
We know that "One to be found in cabin" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one to be found in cabin = able seaman.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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