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Flood coming from fissure under hill (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

torrent

'flood' is the definition.
(a torrent is a large amount of water)

'fissure under hill' is the wordplay.
'fissure' becomes 'rent' (both can mean a rip or rift).
'under' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hill' becomes 'tor' (tor is a kind of hill).
'rent' after 'tor' is 'TORRENT'.

'coming from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for torrent that I've seen before include "Strong stream" , "Turbulent stream of water" , "Raging flood" , "Rapid stream" , "Rush of water" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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