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A large waterfowl on the Nile (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aswan

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'nile' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'a large waterfowl on' is the wordplay.
'large waterfowl' becomes 'swan' (I've seen this in another clue. I am not sure about the 'large' bit.).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a'+'swan'='ASWAN'

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for aswan that I've seen before include "Egyptian town and dam" , "Site of dam on the Nile" , "Large dam in Egypt" , "Site of dam in Egypt" , "Ancient city on the Nile" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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