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Observe the water has now thawed? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

notice

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'observe' is the definition.
(I know that observe can be written as notice)

'water has now thawed?' is the wordplay.
'water' becomes 'ice' (ice water is a kind of water).
'has' says to put letters next to each other.
'now thawed?' becomes 'not' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ice' put after 'not' is 'NOTICE'.

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for notice that I've seen before include "Advance warning of job resignation" , "Bulletin" , "'Observe, discern (6)'" , "Become aware of; review" , "Observe the placard or sign" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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