Rescued from deep river (9)
I believe the answer is:
reprieved
'rescued' is the definition.
(reprieving is a kind of rescuing)
'from deep river' is the wordplay.
'from' indicates an anagram (from the letters).
'deep'+'river'='deepriver'
'deepriver' anagrammed gives 'REPRIEVED'.
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
Want a hint initially instead of a full solution?
Install my app