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Bow of sailing boat in outline (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sketch

'outline' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'bow of sailing boat' is the wordplay.
'bow of' says to take the initial letters (front of).
'boat' becomes 'ketch' (ketch is a kind of sailing vessel).
The initial letter of 'sailing' is 's'.
's'+'ketch'='SKETCH'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sketch that I've seen before include "Delineate" , "Simple drawing" , "Make rough drawing" , "Basic drawing" , "Short dramatic scene" .)

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