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Pure water (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mere

I believe this clue is a double definition.

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

'water' is the second definition.
(I know that mere is a type of pond)

(Other definitions for mere that I've seen before include "Pond, only what is said" , "Pierre's mother identified" , "Lake; Wiltshire town" , "Lake (poetic); Maori war club" , "Just an English lake" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Telegraph.
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