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About eleven the ship moves off (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

steams

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'moves off' is the definition.
'steams' can be an answer for 'moves' (steaming is a kind of moving). I am unsure of the 'off' bit.

'about eleven the ship' is the wordplay.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'eleven' becomes 'team' (eleven or XI can mean a football team).
'the ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'team' inserted within 'ss' is 'STEAMS'.

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(Other definitions for steams that I've seen before include "Emits vapours" , "Cooks using evaporated water" , "Rises as vapour" , "Cooks with water vapour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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