Around temple, spill clear liquid (3,5)

I believe the answer is:

tap water

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'liquid' is the definition.
(tap water is a kind of liquid)

'around temple spill clear' is the wordplay.
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'temple' becomes 'wat' (type of Asian temple eg Angkor Wat).
'spill clear' becomes 'taper' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'clear' bit.).
'wat' inserted into 'taper' is 'TAP-WATER'.

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(Other definitions for tap water that I've seen before include "simple drink" , "Cold running drink?" , "Best and cheapest drink?" , "A wet part (anag.)" , "Drink from mains" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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