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Mike Baker ordered to take ship (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

embark

'take ship' is the definition.
(to get on a ship)

'mike baker ordered' is the wordplay.
'mike' becomes 'M' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'ordered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'm'+'baker'='mbaker'
'mbaker' is an anagram of 'EMBARK'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for embark that I've seen before include "get on board" , "board production" , "Join ship" , "Set out (on an enterprise)" , "Start" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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