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iminoz | 05:10 Sun 16th Dec 2018 | Crosswords
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28a East Asian boat the people's seen off crowning crew? (8)
I have ?OR?CORE, so it looks like COROCORE, an Indian boat, but I can't see the parsing.
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Coro (Nation) = crowning minus the people = nation Crew = Core
05:19 Sun 16th Dec 2018
Coro (Nation) = crowning minus the people = nation
Crew = Core
Bit of a loose definition of crew, maybe that's why the setter used a question mark.

The crew that run something are the "core" of the operation?
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Thanks, Oz. Chambers has 'core' as 'a company or gang', so that fits with 'crew'
Never used "Chambers" myself.

Maybe I should buy the latest issue;-/

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