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Front of boat lifted, belly occasionally tremulous (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wobbly

'tremulous' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'front of boat lifted belly occasionally' is the wordplay.
'front of boat' becomes 'bow' (nautical term).
'lifted' is a reversal indicator (going up in down clue).
'occasionally' means one should take alternating letters.
The alternate letters of 'belly' are 'bly'.
'bow' written backwards gives 'wob'.
'wob'+'bly'='WOBBLY'

(Other definitions for wobbly that I've seen before include "one may be thrown in temper" , "Rickety" , "Swaying unsteadily" , "Unstable - tantrum" , "Unstable - it may be thrown!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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