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Erica maintaining lake's physical condition (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

health

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'physical condition' is the definition.
'health' can be an answer for 'condition' (health is a kind of condition). I'm not sure about the 'physical' bit.

'erica maintaining lake's' is the wordplay.
'erica' becomes 'heath ' (I've seen this before).
'maintaining' indicates putting letters inside.
'lake' becomes 'L' (geographical abbreviation).
'heath' going around 'l' is 'HEALTH'.

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(Other definitions for health that I've seen before include "It's said to be more than wealth" , "General condition of body (and/or mind)" , "Fettle -- condition" , "Freedom from illness" , "Fitness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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