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Prayer from crew on capsized craft (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mantra

'prayer' is the definition.
(mantra can mean a hymn or prayer)

'crew on capsized craft' is the wordplay.
'crew' becomes 'man' (I've seen this before).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'capsized' is a reversal indicator.
'craft' becomes 'art' (both can mean cunning or trickery).
'art' written backwards gives 'tra'.
'man'+'tra'='MANTRA'

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for mantra that I've seen before include "Chanted phrase" , "Powerful words" , "repeating phrase" , "Buddhist chant" , "words of comfort repeatedly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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