Like some pools and waves (5)

I believe the answer is:

tidal

(Other definitions for tidal that I've seen before include "Ebbing and flooding" , "Pertaining to rise and fall of the sea" , "Type of wave" , "Going back and forth" , "Like the sea" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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