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Means to go west on large boat (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yawl

'boat' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'means to go west on large' is the wordplay.
'means' becomes 'way' ('way' can be a synonym of 'means'**).
'to go west' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'large' becomes 'l'.
'way' in reverse letter order is 'yaw'.
'yaw'+'l'='YAWL'

(Other definitions for yawl that I've seen before include "boat? The reverse" , "Two-masted sailing boat" , "A two-master" , "Sailing-ship" , "Ships small boat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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