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Argument about drinking drop of water in Bath? (3,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spa town

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'bath?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'argument about drinking drop of water' is the wordplay.
'argument' becomes 'spat' (a spat is a disagreement or argument).
'about' becomes 'on' (as in a book 'on' a certain topic).
'drinking' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are consumed or drunk).
'drop of' indicates taking the first letters (the smallest possible amount of the word).
The first letter of 'water' is 'w'.
'on' placed around 'w' is 'own'.
'spat'+'own'='SPA TOWN'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for spa town that I've seen before include "Bath for one" , "Place to take waters" , "Health resort" , "Cheltenham, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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