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Creepy-sounding body of water (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

erie

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'water' is the definition.
(I know that Erie is a water)

'creepy-sounding' is the wordplay.
'creepy' becomes 'eerie' (eerie can mean strange or creepy).
'sounding' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'eerie' sounds like 'ERIE'.

'body of' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for erie that I've seen before include "Great lake in Eire" , "The lake sounds weird" , "Spooky-sounding" , "One of the Great Lakes" , "N. American lake" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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