They say your writer will land in water (4)

I believe the answer is:

isle

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'land in water' is the definition.
(an isle is a bit of land surrounded by water)

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(Other definitions for isle that I've seen before include "Geographic location" , "Fair one is in shipping bulletin" , "Little land" , "Atoll" , "The Lake ... of Innisfree (W.B.Yeats)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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