Crossword Genius

Get fair wind in vessel (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

frigate

'vessel' is the definition.
(frigate is a kind of vessel)

'get fair wind' is the wordplay.
'wind' indicates anagramming the letters.
'get'+'fair'='getfair'
'getfair' anagrammed gives 'FRIGATE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for frigate that I've seen before include "Warship; -- bird" , "Ship" , "US warship" , "Type of warship" , "Warship - seabird" .)

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