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Fill a keel with some water (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lake

'water' is the definition.
(lake is a kind of water)

'fill a keel with some' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates a hidden word.
'LAKE' is hidden within 'fill a keel with'.

(Other definitions for lake that I've seen before include "A pigment; a body of water" , "Large pond; pigment" , "Large area of water; pigment" , "Mere - organic pigment" , "E.g. Huron" .)

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