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Little support over water entering US city repeatedly (5-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teeny-weeny

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'little' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'support over water entering us city repeatedly' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'support' could be 'tee' (tee is a kind of support) and 'tee' is present in the answer.
'water' could be 'wee' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'wee' is located in the answer.
'city' could be 'ny' (short for New York) and 'ny' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ny' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for teeny-weeny that I've seen before include "Minute" , "Minuscule" , "Itsy-bitsy" , "Very small" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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