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Runs out of banners for the ships (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

steamers

'the ships' is the definition.
(steamer is a kind of ship)

'runs out of banners' is the wordplay.
'runs' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'out of' suggests deleting specific letters.
'banners' becomes 'streamers' ('streamer' can be a synonym of 'banner').
'streamers' with 'r' removed is 'STEAMERS'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for steamers that I've seen before include "Transport" , "Old ships on sea terms" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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