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Water pipe new that comes into Slough (4)

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I believe the answer is:

bong

'water pipe' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'new that comes into slough' is the wordplay.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'that comes into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'slough' becomes 'bog' (both can mean a swampy area).
'n' placed within 'bog' is 'BONG'.

(Another definition for bong that I've seen is " pipe".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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