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Angry getting access to lower deck in shade (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crosshatch

'shade' is the definition.
(I know that crosshatch is a type of shade)

'angry getting access to lower deck' is the wordplay.
'angry' becomes 'cross' (cross can mean annoyed or angry).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'access to lower deck' becomes 'hatch' (a hatch might lead to a lower deck).
'cross'+'hatch'='CROSSHATCH'

'in' is the link.

(Another definition for crosshatch that I've seen is " Scotch rash (anag) - shade in a drawing".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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