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American forces let out of living quarters for the ship's crew (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forecastle

'living quarters for the ship's crew' is the definition.
(area on a ship containing crew's quarters)

'american forces let out' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'a'+'forces'+'let'='aforceslet'
'aforceslet' anagrammed gives 'FORECASTLE'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for forecastle that I've seen before include "located at the front" , "section of the ship" , "Part of vessel" , "Where the crew may be" , "Forward under-deck part of a ship" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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