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What's new in battleship construction (6)

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latest

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(Other definitions for latest that I've seen before include "Brand new, just out" , "Most up to the minute" , "style of today" , "In vogue" , "Most recent, hot off the press" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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