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Moist pressure beneath reservoir (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

damp

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'moist' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'pressure beneath reservoir' is the wordplay.
'pressure' becomes 'p' (scientific abbreviation).
'beneath' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go beneath others).
'reservoir' becomes 'dam' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'p' put after 'dam' is 'DAMP'.

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(Other definitions for damp that I've seen before include "Moist air" , "Moisture" , "Rising -, TV sitcom" , "dripping" , "(Slightly) wet" .)

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