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Projectiles cause blazes in the ship (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shells

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'projectiles' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'cause blazes in the ship' is the wordplay.
'cause blazes' becomes 'hell' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in the' indicates putting letters inside.
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'hell' going inside 'ss' is 'SHELLS'.

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(Other definitions for shells that I've seen before include "Collect them on the seashore" , "Carapaces or projectiles for cannons" , "Carapaces or large missiles" , "'''She sells sea ... by the sea shore'' (6)'" , "Hard protective structures" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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