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Think about the East river! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meuse

'river' is the definition.
(I know that Meuse is a river)

'think about the east' is the wordplay.
'think' becomes 'muse' (to muse on something is to think about it).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the east' becomes 'e' ('E' can be a synonym of 'east').
'muse' placed around 'e' is 'MEUSE'.

(Another definition for meuse that I've seen is " Dept of NE France".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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