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Though dried, is covered in water! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raisin

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'though dried is covered in water' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'is covered in water' is the wordplay.
'covered in' indicates putting letters inside.
'water' becomes 'rain' (rain is a kind of water).
'is' placed into 'rain' is 'RAISIN'.

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(Other definitions for raisin that I've seen before include "Fruit for the Christmas cake" , "Somewhat dry fruit" , "Partially dried grape" , "Cultivating" , "A dried grape, nice in cake" .)

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