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Rower adlibs desperately going around in unfamiliar craft? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

sailboard

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'unfamiliar craft?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'rower adlibs desperately going around' is the wordplay.
'rower' becomes 'oar' (I've seen this in another clue).
'desperately' is an anagram indicator.
'going around' is an insertion indicator.
'adlibs' with letters rearranged gives 'sailbd'.
'oar' placed inside 'sailbd' is 'SAILBOARD'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sailboard that I've seen before include "Plank for windsurfing" , "Windsurf" .)

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