Quintessential replica yacht set adrift (12)

I believe the answer is:

archetypical

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'quintessential' is the definition.
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'replica yacht set adrift' is the wordplay.
'replica yacht' can be anagrammed to 'ARCHETYPICAL'.
However, I am not clear how this is indicated.

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(Other definitions for archetypical that I've seen before include "characteristic example" , "Perfectly representative" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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