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Hail in a part of Orkney (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ahoy

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

'a part of orkney' is the wordplay.
'part of orkney' becomes 'Hoy' (island in Orkney, Scotland).
'a'+'hoy'='AHOY'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for ahoy that I've seen before include "Nautical greeting" , "Sailor's greeting" , "Hail at sea" , "Sailor's cry to ship" , "(Nautical) hailing call" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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