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Captain's area on ship missing first raised strip of land (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ridge

'raised strip of land' is the definition.
(ridge can mean a strip of land)

'captain's area on ship missing first' is the wordplay.
'captain's area on ship' becomes 'bridge' (a captain stays on the bridge of a ship).
'missing first' means to remove the first letter.
'bridge' with its initial letter removed is 'RIDGE'.

(Other definitions for ridge that I've seen before include "Narrow elevated strip" , "Elongated area of high pressure" , "Hog's back" , "Narrow raised band on a surface" , "Rooftop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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