### Clue: Saps providing supporting directions to such as the Missouri (6)
### Answer: WUSSES 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Saps
 W,E,S(abbrev. for for the directions, west, east and south respectively) **containing**(providing supporting … to) U.S.S.(abbrev. for for United States Ship, an example of which;such as, was the Missouri, battleship from WW2).