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Duck in English Channel going west (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evade

'duck' is the definition.
(I know that duck can be written as evade)

'english channel going west' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'channel' becomes 'dave' (Dave is a British free-to-air television station).
'going west' says the letters should be written backwards (letters heading to the west or left).
'e'+'dave'='edave'
'edave' backwards is 'EVADE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for evade that I've seen before include "Get round" , "Manage to avoid" , "Fail to pay" , "To get away from" , "Escape (esp. by guile)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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