Help With Parsing ;)

[JohnnyAlpha]

Last weeks Guardian prize - Boards having severe problem, scrub floos on ships (7) just can't twig it!

[JohnnyAlpha]

ahem *floors

[dannyk13]

Any letters placed?

[Tilly2]

Embarks

[dannyk13]

Tilly, OP wants the parse.

[Buenchico]

Quote:
3. Boards having severe problem, scrub floors on ships (7)
EMBARKS
I couldn’t see how to parse this one, so many thanks to my colleague Matthew, who kindly explained it: [sever]E [proble]M [scru]B = “severe problem scrub floors” + ARKS = “ships”

Source:
http://www.fifteensquared.net/2017/10/07/guardian-27316-paul/

[Tilly2]

Boards=embarks
barks= ships

[iminoz]

Last letters of
severE probleM, scruB + ARKS, ships

[dannyk13]

Thank you Chris.

[Tilly2]

Well, I got the parsing wrong but the answer right. :-)

[JohnnyAlpha]

Many thanks everyone, I normally 'get' Paul but he had me floored! ;)