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Politician like a fish out of water? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wet

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'water?' is the definition.
(watering is a kind of wetting)

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(Other definitions for wet that I've seen before include "Damp" , "Moist or Soaked" , "Irresolute" , "Rainy (weather)" , "Watery" .)

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