The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TYNE
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More clues leading to the result TYNE
- It flows in city — Newcastle
- Twenty went missing on north east river
- Mentioned a bit of a fork in river
- River central to Chatham dockyards and Rochester
- Extract from the County News
- In a city, near a river
- Net found twisted round foot of body in river
- Periodically escaping to yonder river
- River pretty near houses
- Some pretty neat river
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The straight part
We know that "Flowing water" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case flowing water = tyne.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.