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Whew! Crashing into small boat when cock-eyed! (4-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

skew-whiff

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'cock-eyed' is the definition.
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'whew crashing into small boat' is the wordplay.
'crashing' is an anagram indicator.
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'small boat' becomes 'skiff' (skiff is a kind of small boat).
'whew' is an anagram of 'ewwh'.
'ewwh' put within 'skiff' is 'SKEW-WHIFF'.

'when' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for skew-whiff that I've seen before include "Not straight" , "Crooked - out of alignment" , "Awry" , "Cockeyed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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