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Rain heavily on squad, say (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teem

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

'squad say' is the wordplay.
'squad' becomes 'team' (synonyms).
'say' shows a homophone (sound like).
'team' is a homophone of 'TEEM'.

'on' is the link.

(Other definitions for teem that I've seen before include "stream" , "Flow copiously" , "Pullulate" , "Bucket down" , "(Of rain) fall heavily" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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