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Badly lit Korean vessel (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oil tanker

'vessel' is the definition.
(oil tanker is a kind of vessel)

'badly lit korean' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram.
'lit'+'korean'='litkorean'
'litkorean' is an anagram of 'OIL-TANKER'.

(Other definitions for oil tanker that I've seen before include "Fuel transport ship" , "Ship carrying "black gold"" , "craft" , "Ship carrying fuel" , "Fuel transporter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Telegraph.
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