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Do nothing about river initially (5)

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I believe the answer is:

seeto

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'do' is the definition.
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'nothing about river initially' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'about' is a reversal indicator.
'river' becomes 'tees' (River Tees ).
'initially' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (some letters go before others).
'tees' written backwards gives 'seet'.
'o' put after 'seet' is 'SEETO'.

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(Another definition for seeto that I've seen is " Sort out".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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