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Heavy sea wave meeting vessel β€” exciting ride? (13)

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I believe the answer is:

rollercoaster

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'vessel exciting ride?' is the definition.
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'heavy sea wave meeting' is the wordplay.
'heavy sea' becomes 'coaster' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'wave' becomes 'roller' (roller is a kind of wave).
'meeting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'coaster' after 'roller' is 'ROLLERCOASTER'.

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(Other definitions for rollercoaster that I've seen before include "Big dipper" , "Fairground ride" , "fairground attraction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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