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Deal with motorway getting flooded by river (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

timber

'deal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'motorway getting flooded by river' is the wordplay.
'motorway' becomes 'M' (as in motorway names - Mt, Me etc).
'getting flooded by' is an insertion indicator (some letters flood or overwhelm others).
'river' becomes 'tiber' (River Tiber in Italy).
'm' inserted inside 'tiber' is 'TIMBER'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for timber that I've seen before include "Feller's warning cry" , "board" , "wooden" , "Watch out for falling tree!" , "Wood that's been cut and prepared" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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