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Pirate out of place in part of ship, be honest (4,2,4)

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I believe the answer is:

keep it real

'be honest' is the definition.

'pirate out of place in part of ship' is the wordplay.
'out of place' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'part of ship' becomes 'keel' (I've seen this before).
'pirate' is an anagram of 'pitrea'.
'pitrea' inserted into 'keel' is 'KEEP IT REAL'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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