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Familiar name for the course taken by a current (5)

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neddy

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'familiar name for' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'course taken by a current' is the wordplay.
'course' becomes 'n'.
'taken by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a current' becomes 'eddy' (eddy is a kind of current).
'n'+'eddy'='NEDDY'

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for neddy that I've seen before include "Donkey (colloq.)" , "One of child's 23 ac" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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