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Vineyard can be found close to the coast (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cruise

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'coast' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'vineyard can be found close to the' is the wordplay.
'vineyard' becomes 'cru' (I've seen this before).
'can be found' becomes 'is' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'close to' indicates one should take the final letters (the close of something is the end).
The last letter of 'the' is 'e'.
'cru'+'is'+'e'='CRUISE'

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(Other definitions for cruise that I've seen before include "Tour by ship" , "Holiday afloat - Kidman's ex" , "Pleasure trip on ship" , "Sail around" , "Tom, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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