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Watercourses in deserts (7)

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I believe the answer is:

ditches

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'watercourses in deserts' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
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'watercourses in deserts' is the wordplay.
'watercourses' becomes 'e' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'deserts' becomes 'ditchs' (ditching is a kind of deserting).
'e' going inside 'ditchs' is 'DITCHES'.

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(Other definitions for ditches that I've seen before include "Rejects" , "Gets rid of" , "Trenches" , "Long narrow channels" , "Abandons" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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