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Cathedral water supplies? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

wells

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This might be a double definition.

'cathedral' is the first definition.
(Wells Cathedral in Somerset)

'water supplies?' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for wells that I've seen before include "Author" , "H.G. - - , writer" , "H. G. . . . . ., science-fiction writer" , "Flows upward; small city" , "Springs" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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