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Nothing drunk by a poet ready to set sail (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aboard

'ready to set sail' is the definition.

'nothing drunk by a poet' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'drunk by' indicates putting letters inside.
'poet' becomes 'bard' (bard is a kind of poet).
'a'+'bard'='abard'
'o' going into 'abard' is 'ABOARD'.

(Other definitions for aboard that I've seen before include "... [CRUISE SHIP] here, perhaps" , "on base" , "ready to take off" , "on a liner, say" , "in a car" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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