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River and wood crossing area in kingdom (5)

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I believe the answer is:

realm

'kingdom' is the definition.
(kingdom is a type of country or realm)

'river and wood crossing area' is the wordplay.
'river' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for river).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'wood' becomes 'elm' (elm is a type of tree).
'crossing' indicates putting letters inside.
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'elm' going around 'a' is 'ealm'.
'r'+'ealm'='REALM'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for realm that I've seen before include "Knowledge base" , "World" , "King's domain" , "region" , "Kingdom or sphere" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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