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Retires with everyone's favourite vessels after every other raid (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adjourns

'retires' is the definition.
('adjourn' can be a synonym of 'retire')

'everyone's favourite vessels after every other raid' is the wordplay.
'everyone's favourite' becomes 'jo' ('jo' is a Scottish term of endearment).
'vessels' becomes 'urns' (urn is a kind of vessel).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'every other' indicates alternate letters (every other letter).
The alternating letters of 'raid' are 'ad'.
'jo'+'urns'='journs'
'journs' put after 'ad' is 'ADJOURNS'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for adjourns that I've seen before include "off-putting" , "Postpones or breaks off temporarily, maybe a court hearing" , "Closes meeting" , "Takes a break from a meeting" , "Stays" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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