Puts out ships sprayed with blue (9)

I believe the answer is:

publishes

'puts out' is the definition.
('publish' can be a synonym of 'put out')

'ships sprayed with blue' is the wordplay.
'sprayed with' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'ships' mixed up with 'blue' makes 'PUBLISHES'.

(Another definition for publishes that I've seen is " Issues".)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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