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A feline started to ruin a new boat (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

catamaran

'boat' is the definition.
(catamaran is a kind of sailing vessel)

'a feline started to ruin a new' is the wordplay.
'feline' becomes 'cat' (cat is a kind of feline).
'started' says to put letters next to each other.
'to ruin' becomes 'mar' (I've seen this before).
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'a' put after 'cat' is 'cata'.
'cata'+'mar'+'a'+'n'='CATAMARAN'

(Other definitions for catamaran that I've seen before include "Two-hulled boat" , "Vessel with paralleltwin hulls" , "One vessel" , "Twin-hulled craft" , "Vessel with twin hulls" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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