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Supports putting restrictions on large navy (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fleet

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'navy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'supports putting restrictions on large' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'large' could be 'l' (eg in clothes sizes) and 'l' is present in the answer.
'supports' could be 'feet' (foot is a kind of support) and 'feet' is found in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for fleet that I've seen before include "Squadron" , "Swift like navy" , "Marine force" , "Fast - group of boats" , "group of taxis, for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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