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Branch seen in river? Good heavens! (4,2)

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I believe the answer is:

dear me

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'good heavens' is the definition.
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'branch seen in river?' is the wordplay.
'branch' becomes 'arm' (synonyms).
'seen in' is an insertion indicator.
'river?' becomes 'Dee' (River Dee).
'arm' placed into 'dee' is 'DEAR ME'.

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(Other definitions for dear me that I've seen before include "Expression of dismay" , "Expression of mild regret from precious self" , "how distressing!" , "Mild expression of distress from expensive self" , "What a pity" .)

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