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Aboard ship hurry to provide launches (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shies

'launches' is the definition.
(shy can mean to throw or launch)

'aboard ship hurry' is the wordplay.
'aboard' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'hurry' becomes 'hie' (historical word meaning go quickly or hasten).
'ss' placed around 'hie' is 'SHIES'.

'to provide' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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