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Bitterness linked to long time in ship (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

galleon

'ship' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bitterness linked to long time' is the wordplay.
'bitterness' becomes 'gall' ('gall' can be a synonym of 'bitterness').
'linked to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'long time' becomes 'eon' (eon is a kind of long time).
'gall'+'eon'='GALLEON'

'in' is the link.

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

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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