Bottom oar disintegrated in seagoing craft (9)
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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