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Bottom oar disintegrated in seagoing craft (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

motorboat

'seagoing craft' is the definition.
(type of boat)

'bottom oar disintegrated' is the wordplay.
'disintegrated' is an anagram indicator.
'bottom'+'oar'='bottomoar'
'bottomoar' anagrammed gives 'MOTORBOAT'.

'in' is the link.

(Another definition for motorboat that I've seen is " powered vessel".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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