The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word NAUTILI
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More clues leading to the result NAUTILI
- Round Uist's borders, catch island's sea creatures
- Nothing from speaker left tucking into two molluscs
- Duck heard on lake intercepting two army swimmers
- Sea creatures, broadcaster's titillating invention
- Around Uist's edge, catch isle's sea creatures
- Astronaut I like keeps marine molluscs
- Molluscs caught in marina utilised
- Some tuna utilise other sea creatures
- Sea creatures suffering mutilation Tom somehow removed
- Marina utilised for keeping molluscs
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The straight part
We know that "Sea creatures" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sea creatures = nautili.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NAUTILI mean?
NAUTILI noun- A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.
- A kind of diving bell that sinks or rises by means of compressed air.