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Inner part of a wrecked tug (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gut

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'inner' is the definition.
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'part of a wrecked tug' is the wordplay.
'tug' anagrams to 'GUT'.
Though, I'm not clear how this is indicated.

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(Other definitions for gut that I've seen before include "Food processor" , "one's bust in strenuous effort" , "Part of body" , "Eviscerate" , "The stuff of a violin string" .)

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