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Where boats may be made of tin and aluminium (5)

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I believe the answer is:

canal

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'where boats may be made' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'tin and aluminium' is the wordplay.
'tin' becomes 'can' (synonyms).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'aluminium' becomes 'al' (Al is the chemical symbol for aluminium).
'can'+'al'='CANAL'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for canal that I've seen before include "Artificial waterway as at Panama (5)" , "Artificial waterway for barges" , "Duct" , "Man-made strip of water" , "Aqueduct" .)

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