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All gone to repair sailing ship (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

galleon

'sailing ship' is the definition.
(galleon is a kind of sailing ship)

'all gone to repair' is the wordplay.
'to repair' is an anagram indicator (letters are fixed or repaired).
'all'+'gone'='allgone'
'allgone' with letters rearranged gives 'GALLEON'.

(Other definitions for galleon that I've seen before include "Trader" , "Large old square-rigged sailing ship" , "Ship of the line" , "Old Spanish war-ship" , "Large Spanish sailing ship of yore" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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