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Pass a bend or twist in the river (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

douro

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

'pass a bend or twist in' is the wordplay.
'pass' becomes 'do' (doing is a kind of passing).
'a bend' becomes 'U' (a U-bend is a kind of bend - pipe under sink).
'twist' indicates anagramming the letters (a twisted or distorted version of the letters).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'u'+'or'='uor'
'uor' with letters rearranged gives 'our'.
'do' placed around 'our' is 'DOURO'.

'the' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for douro that I've seen before include "Hollow bubbling sound" , "Iberian river" , "European runner" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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