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Sketches of the equipment in a vessel (5)

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I believe the answer is:

skits

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

'the equipment in a vessel' is the wordplay.
'the equipment' becomes 'kit' (kit is a kind of equipment).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'a vessel' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'kit' inserted into 'ss' is 'SKITS'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for skits that I've seen before include "Pieces of humorous mimicry" , "Short satirical pieces of drama" , "Satires" , "Sketches" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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