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Maybe moor by river bank (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tier

'bank' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'maybe moor by river' is the wordplay.
'maybe moor' becomes 'tie'.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'river' becomes 'r'.
'tie'+'r'='TIER'

(Other definitions for tier that I've seen before include "Rite (anag.)" , "band" , "Wedding cake layer" , "Row, level" , "Storey" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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