Actor Brian shed blood around ship (7)

I believe the answer is:

blessed

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'actor brian shed blood around ship' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'shed blood around ship' is the wordplay.
'shed blood' becomes 'bleed' (synonyms).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'bleed' placed around 'ss' is 'BLESSED'.

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(Other definitions for blessed that I've seen before include "Made lucky - made holy" , "Highly favoured or fortunate" , "Bedless (anag.)" , "darned" , "in heaven" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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