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Club swam the Serpentine (7)

Ross

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4,3

westham

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'club' is the definition.
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'swam the serpentine' is the wordplay.
'serpentine' is an anagram indicator (a twisting or serpentine form of the letters).
'swam'+'the'='swamthe'
'swamthe' with letters rearranged gives 'WESTHAM'.

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