Crossword Genius

Features in spacecraft (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

starship

'spacecraft' is the definition.
(I know that starship is a type of spacecraft)

'features in' is the wordplay.
'features' becomes 'stars' (eg a film features or stars its cast).
'in' becomes 'hip' (both can mean fashionable).
'stars'+'hip'='STARSHIP'

(Other definitions for starship that I've seen before include "Enterprise, for example" , "one in SF movie?" , "Enterprise on show" , "Enterprise, possibly" , "Enterprise such a vessel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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