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Spare ink spilt around new sail (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spinnaker

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

'spare ink spilt around new' is the wordplay.
'spilt' indicates anagramming the letters.
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'new' becomes 'n'.
'spare'+'ink'='spareink'
'spareink' with letters rearranged gives 'spinaker'.
'spinaker' placed around 'n' is 'SPINNAKER'.

(Other definitions for spinnaker that I've seen before include "Large triangular sail at the front of a yacht" , "Large racing sail" , "Lightweight sail" , "one using the breeze" , "Large three-cornered sail" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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