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Oddly, stuff merges fast in floods (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

suffuses

'floods' is the definition.
(to suffuse is to flood or spread)

'oddly stuff merges fast' is the wordplay.
'oddly' means one should take alternating letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
'merges fast' becomes 'fuses' (to fuse is to merge fast or firmly).
The alternate letters of 'stuff' are 'suf'.
'suf'+'fuses'='SUFFUSES'

'in' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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