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Small women's group on ship is foreign (5)

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I believe the answer is:

swiss

'foreign' is the definition.

'small women's group on ship' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'women's group' becomes 'wi' (Women's Institute).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'ship' becomes 'ss'.
's'+'wi'+'ss'='SWISS'

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for swiss that I've seen before include "Native to Geneva, say" , "Word linking cheese and roll" , "-- Cheese plant; -- roll" , "Native to Berne" , "Helvetian" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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