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Steer then give way finding large bend (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oxbow

'large bend' is the definition.
(large bend in a river)

'steer then give way' is the wordplay.
'steer' becomes 'ox' (a steer is a castrated ox).
'then' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'give way' becomes 'bow' (bow can mean to collapse or droop).
'ox'+'bow'='OXBOW'

'finding' is the link.

(Other definitions for oxbow that I've seen before include "Horseshoe-shaped loop of river" , "Lake formed by a bend in a river" , "U-shaped curve in a stream" , "Horseshoe bend in a stream" , "Cut off river loop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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