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Like the Ancient Mariner's ship, tide- and weather-battered (4,2,3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dead in the water

'like the ancient mariner's ship' is the definition.
(ref to Coleridge poem about the Ancient Mariner)

'tide-and weather-battered' is the wordplay.
'battered' is an anagram indicator.
'tide'+'and'+'weather'='tideandweather'
'tideandweather' with letters rearranged gives 'DEAD IN THE WATER'.

(Other definitions for dead in the water that I've seen before include "Ophelia was" , "Unable to move" , "unable to make progress" , "Unable to function effectively" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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