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Water now overheating changed at once, saving time (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ocean

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'water' is the definition.
(oceans are bodies of water)

'changed at once saving time' is the wordplay.
'changed' indicates an anagram.
'saving' is a deletion indicator (saving can mean except).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'at'+'once'='atonce'
'atonce' with 't' taken away is 'aonce'.
'aonce' is an anagram of 'OCEAN'.

'now overheating' is the link.
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(Other definitions for ocean that I've seen before include "Huge body of water" , "lot of liquid" , "Major sea" , "Big sea" , "It's pretty wet!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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