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Old boy grabs kiss with old wife in lake (5)

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I believe the answer is:

oxbow

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'lake' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'old boy grabs kiss with old wife' is the wordplay.
'old boy' becomes 'OB' (abbreviation for a private school 'old boy').
'grabs' is an insertion indicator.
'kiss' becomes 'x' (X can represent a kiss).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'old wife' becomes 'ow' (this might be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'ob' going around 'x' is 'oxb'.
'oxb'+'ow'='OXBOW'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for oxbow that I've seen before include "Loop formed by a horseshoe bend in a river" , "Neat collar" , "U-shaped piece attached to cattle yoke" , "Small curved lake" , "Horseshoe bend in a stream" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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