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Yearns to get cool boat (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

longship

'boat' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'yearns to get cool' is the wordplay.
'yearns' becomes 'long s' ('long' can be a synonym of 'yearn').
'to get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'cool' becomes 'hip' (hip can mean cool or fashionable).
'longs'+'hip'='LONGSHIP'

(Other definitions for longship that I've seen before include "Viking vessel" , "Viking boat" , "Viking craft" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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