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Settle a row on a river (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arrange

'settle' is the definition.
(I know that settle is a more specific form of the action arrange)

'a row on a river' is the wordplay.
'a row' becomes 'range' (range can mean a row or chain of things).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'river' becomes 'r' (abbreviation for river).
'a'+'r'='ar'
'range' after 'ar' is 'ARRANGE'.

(Other definitions for arrange that I've seen before include "Orchestrate - order" , "Sort" , "Bring about or put in order" , "Marshal" , "Order, plan or design" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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