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Sting's engineer put up in boat

Ross

I believe the answer is:

setups

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'sting's engineer put up in boat' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'engineer put up in boat' is the wordplay.
'engineer' becomes 'e' (this could be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'up' indicates an anagram.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'boat' becomes 'ss'.
'put' with letters rearranged gives 'tup'.
'e'+'tup'='etup'
'etup' placed into 'ss' is 'SETUPS'.

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(Other definitions for setups that I've seen before include "Ways establishments are organised or arranged" , "Situations designed to fool or cheat" , "Situations created to fool or cheat someone" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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