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Why stray into boat? . . . (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wherry

'boat?' is the definition.
(wherry is a kind of boat)

'why stray into' is the wordplay.
'stray' becomes 'err' ('err' can be a synonym of 'stray').
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'why' enclosing 'err' is 'WHERRY'.

(Other definitions for wherry that I've seen before include "Kind of barge" , "Shallow boat" , "Barge; small rowing-boat" , "Light rowing boat" , "Harbour rowing boat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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