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Let water out of both taps spread in Texas, say (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ranch

'spread in texas say' is the definition.

'let water out of both taps' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'taps' could be 'ch' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ch' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ran' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

(Other definitions for ranch that I've seen before include "Large US cattle farm" , "agricultural land" , "Spread" , "Cowboy's workplace" , "Farm on a large scale" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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