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Small boat may be blown up by pilots (6,6)

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6,6

rubber dinghy

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'be blown up by pilots' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'small boat' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 'rubber' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'boat' becomes 'dinghy' (type of boat).
'rubber'+'dinghy'='RUBBER DINGHY'

'may' is the link.

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