Crossword Genius

Cooks with fashionable vessel (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

steamship

'vessel' is the definition.
(steamship is a kind of vessel)

'cooks with fashionable' is the wordplay.
'cooks' becomes 'steams' (steaming is a kind of cooking).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'fashionable' becomes 'hip' (hip can mean trendy or fashionable).
'steams'+'hip'='STEAMSHIP'

(Other definitions for steamship that I've seen before include "I pass them (anag) - vessel" , "SS in full" , "What SS stands for" , "Tramp, say" , "Queen Elizabeth, for one?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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