Leave with prisoner finding long river (5)

I believe the answer is:

congo

(Other definitions for congo that I've seen before include "Central African region" , "African river flowing into the South Atlantic" , "flower" , "Wide river" , "Africa's second longest river" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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