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English bachelor with somewhere to lie went out on the beach (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ebbed

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'lie went out on the beach' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'english bachelor with somewhere' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation as in OED).
'bachelor' becomes 'B' (abbreviation e.g. BA=Bachelor of Arts).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'somewhere' becomes 'bed' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'e'+'b'+'bed'='EBBED'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ebbed that I've seen before include "Flowed back or receded" , "Went out like tide" , "Diminished" .)

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