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So Gary wrecked the ship (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

argosy

'the ship' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'so gary wrecked' is the wordplay.
'wrecked' indicates anagramming the letters.
'so'+'gary'='sogary'
'sogary' anagrammed gives 'ARGOSY'.

(Other definitions for argosy that I've seen before include "Ancient merchant ship" , "Large merchant ship (poetic)" , "Old merchant ship" , "A great fleet as Spain once had" , "Great merchant ship" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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