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Less prepared to cross lake with tons on boat (7)

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I believe the answer is:

trawler

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'boat' is the definition.
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'less prepared to cross lake with tons' is the wordplay.
'less prepared' becomes 'rawer' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to cross' is an insertion indicator.
'lake' becomes 'l'.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'tons' becomes 't'.
'rawer' going around 'l' is 'rawler'.
'rawler' after 't' is 'TRAWLER'.

'on' is the link.

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(Other definitions for trawler that I've seen before include "Fishing boat that uses nets" , "Fishing vessel that drags nets behind it" , "Boat using a net to catch fish" , "seagoing vessel" , "Fishing-boat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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