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River in which to find religious types (hard to miss) (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

indus

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'river' is the definition.
(Indian river)

'in which to find religious types hard to miss' is the wordplay.
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'in' is found in the answer.
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(Other definitions for indus that I've seen before include "River flowing from Tibet to the Arabian Sea" , "Punjab river" , "Great river of South Asia" , "Pakistani river" , "running water" .)

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