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Oil spillage concerning the French river (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

loire

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'french river' is the definition.
(River Loire)

'oil spillage concerning' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'oil' is 'loi' which is present in the answer.
'concerning' could be 're' (both can mean on a particular topic) and 're' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for loire that I've seen before include "River of central France" , "French department" , "France's longest river" , "Longest river in France" , "Wine region" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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