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Sons to become weak in The Spinnaker? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sail

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'the spinnaker?' is the definition.
(spinnaker is a kind of sail)

'sons to become weak' is the wordplay.
'sons' becomes 's'.
'to become weak' becomes 'ail' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
's'+'ail'='SAIL'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sail that I've seen before include "Spanker, say" , "Travel on water propelled by wind" , "Go by boat" , "Travel by ship" , "Navigate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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