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Man-made lake's river rose disastrously (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reservoir

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'man-made lake's' is the definition.
'reservoir' can be an answer for 'lake's' (reservoir is a kind of lake). I am not sure about the 'man-made' bit.

'river rose disastrously' is the wordplay.
'disastrously' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'river'+'rose'='riverrose'
'riverrose' with letters rearranged gives 'RESERVOIR'.

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(Other definitions for reservoir that I've seen before include "Source of water supply" , "Lake for collecting and storing water" , "Lake used to store water for community use" , "Lake created to store water" , "Man-made lake to store water" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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