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Reportedly bound to changing waters (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tide

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'changing waters' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'reportedly bound' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'bound' becomes 'tied' ('tie' can be a synonym of 'bind').
'tied' sounds like 'TIDE'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tide that I've seen before include "(With time) it waits for no man" , "Season; current" , "In the main, movement" , "Rising and falling of the sea" , "Periodic flow" .)

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