The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word UNDERTOW
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result UNDERTOW
- Less than a couple, moving with current
- Movement of water round wet rocks
- Don’t pull hard enough for submerged current?
- Less than 2 went round swimming hazard
- Current description of water-skier, perhaps
- Do we turn switches to get current? Yes
- Current threat — might that describe Boris?
- Return wave when broken down?
- Dangerous current turned bad, and that hurts
- Current news at the front? Two rude fools about to hug!
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The straight part
We know that "submerged current" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case submerged current = undertow.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does UNDERTOW mean?
UNDERTOW noun- A short-range flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore.
- (by extension) A feeling that runs contrary to one's normal one.
- To pull or tow under; drag beneath; pull down.
- To pull down by, or as by, an undertow.
- To flow or behave as an undertow.