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Urge to chuck teacher into the river (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

desire

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'urge' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'teacher into the river' is the wordplay.
'teacher' becomes 'sir' (a male teacher might be addressed as 'sir').
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'the river' becomes 'dee' (River Dee).
'sir' put within 'dee' is 'DESIRE'.

'to chuck' is the link.
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(Other definitions for desire that I've seen before include "Long for (something)" , "request" , "Strong need" , "Concupiscence" , "Reside (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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