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Put to death in river? Charming! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

execute

'put to death' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'river? charming' is the wordplay.
'river?' becomes 'exe' (River Exe).
'charming' becomes 'cute' (I've seen this before).
'exe'+'cute'='EXECUTE'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for execute that I've seen before include "ice" , "shoot" , "Carry into effect" , "Discharge" , "Carry out; behead" .)

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