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Kind of pipe that has distributed H2O over reasonable area (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hookah

'kind of pipe' is the definition.

'distributed h2o over reasonable area' is the wordplay.
'distributed hoo' becomes 'hoh' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'over' is an insertion indicator.
'reasonable' becomes 'ok'.
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'ok'+'a'='oka'
'hoh' going around 'oka' is 'HOOKAH'.

'that has' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for hookah that I've seen before include "Sort of pipe" , "Oriental tobacco pipe that cools the smoke" , "Water-cooled tobacco pipe" , "Pipe for smoking marijuana etc" , "Oriental water pipe for smoking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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