The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word OCEAN
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result OCEAN
- Duck is able to get across eastern sea
- Drink drug in round tin
- Round container mate finally dropped in sea
- Quantity of water upset canoe
- Vast expanse of water damaged canoe
- Manoeuvred canoe in water
- Canoe bobbing on this?
- Louche fauns regularly seen in water
- The drink hock; seal and all wrapping removed
- Billy or Danny may be Indian
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What does OCEAN mean?
OCEAN noun- One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
- Water belonging to an ocean.
- An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.
- A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).