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River in Siberia reporter’s identified as foul (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

obscene

'foul' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'river in siberia reporter's identified' is the wordplay.
'river in siberia' becomes 'Ob' (Ob is a Russian river).
'reporter's' shows a homophone (sound like) (report can mean to speak something aloud).
'identified' becomes 'seen' (identify can mean to recognise or see).
'seen' sounds like 'scene'.
'ob'+'scene'='OBSCENE'

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for obscene that I've seen before include "Offensive - indecent" , "not decent" , "offending sensibilities?" , "One's CBE (anag)" , "Dirty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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