Cryptic crossword clue
Lived within quiet sound of water 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SWASH

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The straight part
We know that "sound of water" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sound of water = swash.
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 SWASH mean?

SWASH noun
  1. The water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken
  2. A long, protruding ornamental line or pen stroke found in some typefaces and styles of calligraphy.
  3. A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes.
  4. Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.
  5. A blustering noise.
  6. Swaggering behaviour.
  7. A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
  8. An oval figure, whose mouldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
SWASH verb
  1. To swagger; to bluster and brag.
  2. To dash or flow noisily; to splash.
  3. To fall violently or noisily.
SWASH adjective
  1. Soft, like overripe fruit; swashy; squashy.

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