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Vessel brought up crude oil in port (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

napoli

'port' is the definition.
(I know that Napoli is a port)

'vessel brought up crude oil' is the wordplay.
'vessel' becomes 'pan' (vessel or container for cooking).
'brought up' is a reversal indicator (in a down clue, letters go up).
'crude' is an anagram indicator.
'pan' in reverse letter order is 'nap'.
'oil' with letters rearranged gives 'oli'.
'nap'+'oli'='NAPOLI'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for napoli that I've seen before include "Decline" , "Italian name for Naples" , "Mediterranean city" , "Italian city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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