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One who purposely wrecks boat sure must change (8)

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I believe the answer is:

saboteur

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'one who purposely wrecks' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'boat sure must change' is the wordplay.
'must change' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'boat'+'sure'='boatsure'
'boatsure' is an anagram of 'SABOTEUR'.

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(Other definitions for saboteur that I've seen before include "One deliberately damages" , "Abort use (anag)" , "Abuser to become a kind of destroyer" , "He destroys in order to subvert" , "Oen who causes industrial damage for pay" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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