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Dwelling in river is let down (7)

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I believe the answer is:

deflate

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

'dwelling in river' is the wordplay.
'dwelling' becomes 'flat' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'river' becomes 'dee' (River Dee).
'flat' placed inside 'dee' is 'DEFLATE'.

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(Other definitions for deflate that I've seen before include "Puncture, collapse like balloon" , "Cause to shrink or collapse" , "Let the wind out of, braggart or balloon" , "Let air out of, like balloon" , "Take air" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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