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We are not in hot water finding the frog there (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

throat

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'water finding the frog there' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'we are not in hot' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'are' could be 'a' (the 'are' is a metric unit of area) and 'a' is found in the answer.
'hot' could be 'h' and 'h' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'trot' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for throat that I've seen before include "The pharynx" , "Passage from the back of the mouth" , "Gorge - frog's location?" , "A frog is a problem in this" , "Forepart of the neck" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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