English composer avoiding a river in Moray town (5)
I believe the answer is:
elgin
'town' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'english composer avoiding a river in moray' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is located in the answer.
'in' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for elgin that I've seen before include "one who removed antiquities" , "Scottish burgh" , "Scottish admin centre" , "Scots town in Moray" , "Marble-gathering earl" .)