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Reportedly pushed under water pipe (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

duct

'pipe' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'reportedly pushed under water' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'pushed under water' becomes 'ducked' (duck can mean to submerge under water).
'ducked' is a homophone of 'DUCT'.

(Other definitions for duct that I've seen before include "Tube for conveing cable, liquid etc" , "Pipe conveying fluid or gas" , "The Eve of St - is a narrative poem by Keats" , "Channel" , "Tube for cables, air, etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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