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Report of discharge in river (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ouse

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'river' is the definition.
(Yorkshire river)

'report of discharge' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'use' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ouse that I've seen before include "O, Sue, here is a river" , "Name of river in Sussex or Yorkshire" , "River at Bedford" , "River of 1 across" , "Lewes's river" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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