River or lake sediment (4)

I believe the answer is:

silt

(Other definitions for silt that I've seen before include "Muddy deposit" , "Sedimentary material" , "Sedimentary deposit" , "Sediment in a stream" , "Sediment deposited by a river" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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