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Suppressing anger, see water flowing through Nantes (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

loire

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'water flowing through nantes' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both natural objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'suppressing anger see' is the wordplay.
'suppressing' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go on top of others).
'anger' becomes 'ire' (ire is intense rage).
'see' becomes 'lo' (archaic exclamation meaning 'look!').
'ire' after 'lo' is 'LOIRE'.

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(Other definitions for loire that I've seen before include "French river (Orleans, Tours, Nantes)" , "flower found amid vineyards" , "flower abroad" , "Current French" , "European river" .)

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