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Crazy mad berks touring Italy leave ship (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disembark

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'leave ship' is the definition.
'disembark' can be an answer for 'leave' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'ship' bit.

'crazy mad berks touring italy' is the wordplay.
'crazy' indicates an anagram.
'touring' is an insertion indicator (touring can mean going round).
'italy' becomes 'i'.
'mad'+'berks'='madberks'
'madberks' is an anagram of 'dsembark'.
'dsembark' placed around 'i' is 'DISEMBARK'.

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(Other definitions for disembark that I've seen before include "Get off" , "Step on dry land" , "to set oneself apart from trader, say" , "Go ashore" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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