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Ship less back to the 'not nice' part of Venice (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vessel

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'ship' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'less back to the not nice part of venice' is the wordplay.
'back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'the not nice part of venice' becomes 've' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'less' backwards is 'ssel'.
'ssel' after 've' is 'VESSEL'.

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(Other definitions for vessel that I've seen before include "Ship, or receptacle for liquid" , "Blood-carrying tube or a ship" , "A ship, a cup" , "Decide on or establish" , "Bark, possibly, needing water" .)

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