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Saw Noah's ship in the sea briefly (6)

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I believe the answer is:

marked

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'saw' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to thinking as well as being past participle verbs.
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'noah's ship in the sea briefly' is the wordplay.
'noah's ship' becomes 'ark' (Noah's ark in the Bible).
'in the' is an insertion indicator.
'sea briefly' becomes 'med' (abbreviation of Mediterranean; 'briefly' suggests an abbreviation).
'ark' placed within 'med' is 'MARKED'.

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(Other definitions for marked that I've seen before include "showing flag maybe" , "Took good notice of - . . . . . . my words?" , "Pronounced" , "Easily noticeable" , "Read, corrected and awarded a grade" .)

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