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Hemp used in making sails (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sisal

'hemp' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'making sails' is the wordplay.
'making' indicates an anagram.
'sails' anagrammed gives 'SISAL'.

'used in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sisal that I've seen before include "Rope fibre from leaves of tropical plant" , "Agave rope-fibre" , "Agave yielding fibre" , "Fibre of Mexican agave" , "Hemp fibre" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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