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Provided with manpower in a crude sounding way (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crewed

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'in a crude sounding way' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'provided with manpower' is the wordplay.
'provided' becomes 'ed' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'manpower' becomes 'crew' (I've seen this in another clue).
'ed' after 'crew' is 'CREWED'.

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(Other definitions for crewed that I've seen before include "Worked on ship; sounds like rough" , "Had workers" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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