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Hides relatives in the ship (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

skins

'hides' is the definition.
(I know this)

'relatives in the ship' is the wordplay.
'relatives' becomes 'kin' (kin can mean relatives or family).
'in the' is an insertion indicator.
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'kin' going into 'ss' is 'SKINS'.

(Another definition for skins that I've seen is " Pelts".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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