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Tugboat on the river by that bridge? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tower

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'tugboat' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'the river by that bridge?' is the wordplay.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'river' becomes 'r'.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'that bridge?' becomes 'owe' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'r' after 'owe' is 'ower'.
't'+'ower'='TOWER'

'on' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tower that I've seen before include "Drawer" , "tractor, perhaps" , "Rise to great height" , "famous prison" , "One to pull" .)

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