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Too much water can spoil tapes (5)

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I believe the answer is:

spate

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'too much water can' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both quantities as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'spoil tapes' is the wordplay.
'spoil' indicates an anagram.
'tapes' is an anagram of 'SPATE'.

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(Other definitions for spate that I've seen before include "Fast outpouring" , "Tapes found in sudden flood" , "Deluge" , "rash" , "Suddenly got a lot" .)

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