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Living in water with a pimple in command (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aquatic

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

'with a pimple in command' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'pimple' becomes 'quat' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in command' becomes 'ic' (military abbreviation).
'a'+'quat' is 'aquat'.
'aquat'+'ic'='AQUATIC'

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(Other definitions for aquatic that I've seen before include "Of the water, its animals, its sports" , "such as teal?" , "20 [TERRAPIN] is" , "Watery (environment)" , "Living in/near water" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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