### Clue: Preposterous seamen tried for East Enders' audition (6)
### Answer: ABSURD 
 ### Explanation: Preposterous seamen tried for East Enders' audition (6)
**ABs** (able-bodied "seamen") + homophone of **'EARD** ("tried" i.e heard in a Cockney (*East End*) accent), indicated by *audition