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Rower and duck on a river (3)

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I believe the answer is:

oar

'rower' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'duck on a river' is the wordplay.
'duck' becomes 'o' (resembles zero - 'duck' in cricket).
'on' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'river' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'o'+'a'+'r'='OAR'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for oar that I've seen before include "Rowing device" , "It ends in blade" , "Propelling blade" , "Boat propellant" , "Bladed pole" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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