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Quarrel about lake's squishy sound (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

splat

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'squishy sound' is the definition.
'splat' can be an answer for 'sound' (I know that splat is a type of splash). I am not certain of the 'squishy' bit.

'quarrel about lake's' is the wordplay.
'quarrel' becomes 'spat' (spatting is a kind of quarrelling).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'lake' becomes 'L' (geographical abbreviation).
'spat' going around 'l' is 'SPLAT'.

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(Other definitions for splat that I've seen before include "Noise on landing" , "Noise of soft wet impact; part of a chair back" , "Sound of a wet and squishy impact" , "Sound of a soft, wet object striking a surface" , "Piece of wood in a chair back" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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