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Enterprise spacecraft is a vessel with holes in it (8)

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I believe the answer is:

colander

'a vessel with holes in it' is the definition.
(a colander has lots of holes)

'enterprise spacecraft' is the wordplay.
'enterprise' becomes 'co' (company).
'spacecraft' becomes 'lander' (eg a moon lander).
'co'+'lander'='COLANDER'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for colander that I've seen before include "Old crane (anag.)" , "Kitchen sieve" , "Utensil for draining vegetables" , "It is used to strain water from food" , "This drains" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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