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Blunder involving swimmer in turbulent water (4-3)

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I believe the answer is:

tide-rip

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'turbulent water' is the definition.
'tide rip' can be an answer for 'water' (I have seen 'rough water' mean 'tide rip' so perhaps 'water' could also mean 'tide rip'). I am not certain of the 'turbulent' bit.

'blunder involving swimmer' is the wordplay.
'blunder' becomes 'trip' (trip is a kind of blunder).
'involving' is an insertion indicator.
'swimmer' becomes 'ide' (type of fish, something that swims).
'trip' enclosing 'ide' is 'TIDE-RIP'.

'in' is the link.

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(Another definition for tide-rip that I've seen is " Area of rough sea where currents meet".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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