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Check flow of water ebbing (4)

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edit

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'check' is the definition.
(edit can mean to check or emend)

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(Other definitions for edit that I've seen before include "Adjust text" , "Be in charge of (newspaper)" , "Amend a publication" , "Amend and correct" , "Alter text" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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