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Fascinated with bent toy ship end (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hypnotised

'fascinated' is the definition.
(I know that fascinated can be written as hypnotised)

'bent toy ship end' is the wordplay.
'bent' indicates an anagram.
'toy'+'ship'+'end'='toyshipend'
'toyshipend' is an anagram of 'HYPNOTISED'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for hypnotised that I've seen before include "in a trance!" , "Mesmerised" , "Put under" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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