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Look around a ship for a rope (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lasso

'for a rope' is the definition.
(lasso is a kind of rope)

'look around a ship' is the wordplay.
'look' becomes 'lo' (archaic exclamation meaning 'look!').
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'a'+'ss'='ass'
'lo' enclosing 'ass' is 'LASSO'.

(Other definitions for lasso that I've seen before include "Cowboy's rope with sliding noose" , "Ling-nosed rope" , "Rope for a cowboy" , "What cowboy uses" , "Belgian composer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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