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Bats I let on ark, large ship (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oil tanker

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'large ship' is the definition.
'oil tanker' can be an answer for 'ship' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'large' bit.

'bats i let on ark' is the wordplay.
'bats' indicates anagramming the letters (slang for mad).
'i'+'let'+'on'+'ark'='iletonark'
'iletonark' anagrammed gives 'OIL-TANKER'.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for oil tanker that I've seen before include "On which crude" , "Fuel transporter" , "Ship carrying "black gold"" , "craft" , "boat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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