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Streams softly taking the middle course (5)

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I believe the answer is:

pours

'streams' is the definition.
('pour' can be a synonym of 'stream')

'softly taking the middle course' is the wordplay.
'softly' becomes 'p' (short for piano, musical term for softly).
'taking' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the middle' means to look at the middle letters.
The middle of 'course' is 'ours'.
'p'+'ours'='POURS'

(Another definition for pours that I've seen is " Causes to flow".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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