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Gloom of daughter on vessel on Scotland's deep loch (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

darkness

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'gloom' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'daughter on vessel on scotland's deep loch' is the wordplay.
'daughter on vessel on scotland's deep' becomes 'dark' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'loch' becomes 'ness' (Loch Ness in Scotland).
'dark'+'ness'='DARKNESS'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for darkness that I've seen before include "Evil; lack of light" , "Unlit state" , "Absence of light" , "'... cannot drive out ...: only light can do that'' (Martin Luther King)" , "Absence of illumination" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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