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Mythical ship, on lake, proceeding slowly (5)

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I believe the answer is:

largo

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'slowly' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'mythical ship on lake' is the wordplay.
'mythical ship' becomes 'argo' (ship in Greek myth).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'lake' becomes 'L' (geographical abbreviation).
'argo' after 'l' is 'LARGO'.

'proceeding' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for largo that I've seen before include "(Musically) slow in tempo and broad in manner" , "To be played slowly and broadly" , "Mus. slow movement" , "Played with dignified slowness" , "Moderately slowly" .)

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