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Assume alternate top's wet and needs changing having gone in the water (4)

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swam

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(Other definitions for swam that I've seen before include "Travelled through water" , "Did butterfly perhaps" , "Moved through water" , "Splashed around" , "was dizzy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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