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Small boat, right at the back of the ship (4)

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I believe the answer is:

raft

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'ship' is the definition.
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'small boat right at the back of the' is the wordplay.
'small boat right' becomes 'ra' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'at the back' indicates one should take the final letters.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
The final letter of 'of' is 'f'.
'ra'+'f'+'t'='RAFT'

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(Other definitions for raft that I've seen before include "Flat, floating platform" , "Structure made of timber" , "Flat floating craft" , "water transport" , "Simple boat" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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