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Get zany characters jumping into river (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yangtze

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'river' is the definition.
(I know that Yangtze is a river)

'get zany characters' is the wordplay.
'characters' indicates anagramming the letters.
'get'+'zany'='getzany'
'getzany' with letters rearranged gives 'YANGTZE'.

'jumping into' is the link.
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(Other definitions for yangtze that I've seen before include "River in China; get zany (anag.)" , "Chinese river; Tyne zag (anag.)" , "China's longest river now known as Chang Jiang" , "China's main river" , "Chinese river; get zany (anag.)" .)

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