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RAF woman designed armed sea-going vessel (3-2-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

man-of-war

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'armed sea-going vessel' is the definition.
'man-of-war' can be an answer for 'vessel' (man-of-war is a kind of vessel). I am not certain of the 'armed sea-going' bit.

'raf woman designed' is the wordplay.
'designed' indicates anagramming the letters (designed with the letters).
'raf'+'woman'='rafwoman'
'rafwoman' anagrammed gives 'MAN-OF-WAR'.

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(Other definitions for man-of-war that I've seen before include "Portuguese --, jellyfish" , "Armed sailing ship" , "Old naval ship" , "A battleship - for a fighter?" , "Fighting ship" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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