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Marksmen nose inside ship (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shooters

'marksmen' is the definition.

'nose inside ship' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'nose' could be 'hooter' (hooter is a kind of nose) and 'hooter' is located in the answer.
'ship' could be 'ss' and 'ss' is found in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

(Another definition for shooters that I've seen is " Guns (sl.)".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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