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Stream reversed, as announced at Balmoral? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beck

'stream' is the definition.
(northern English dialect term for 'stream')

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for beck that I've seen before include "swiftly flowing stream?" , "Poetic gesture" , "Wave" , "Northern stream" , "burn" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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