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Noticed ancient ship submerged in the Mediterranean (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

marked

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'noticed' is the definition.
('mark' can be a synonym of 'notice')

'ancient ship submerged in the mediterranean' is the wordplay.
'ancient ship' becomes 'ark' (as in Noah's ark. I am not sure about the 'ancient' bit.).
'submerged in' means one lot of letters goes inside another (I've seen this in other clues).
'the mediterranean' becomes 'med' (short for Mediterranean Sea).
'ark' placed into 'med' is 'MARKED'.

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(Other definitions for marked that I've seen before include "Easily noticeable" , "Singled out; clearly noticeable" , "showing flag maybe" , "Took good notice of - . . . . . . my words?" , "Pronounced" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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