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Relative by a river, hazy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unclear

'hazy' is the definition.
(I know that hazy can be written as unclear)

'relative by a river' is the wordplay.
'relative' becomes 'uncle' (uncle is a kind of relative).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'river' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for river).
'uncle'+'a'+'r'='UNCLEAR'

(Other definitions for unclear that I've seen before include "Ill-defined or not easily understood" , "Poorly described" , "Not certain" , "Not easy to grasp" , "in clouds?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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