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Echo encountered in ravine in Washington? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

george

'washington?' is the definition.
('George Washington' can be a synonym of 'washington')

'echo encountered in ravine' is the wordplay.
'echo' becomes 'e' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'encountered in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ravine' becomes 'gorge' (gorge is a kind of ravine).
'e' inserted inside 'gorge' is 'GEORGE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for george that I've seen before include "people swear by" , "Beatle" , "Boy --; -- Clooney" , "Dragon-slaying saint" , "one in 3 the 12 30 [DROP the DEAD DONKEY]" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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