Cryptic crossword clue
Small hole by the foreign river for a duck 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SHOVELLER

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The straight part
We know that "duck" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case duck = shoveller.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SHOVELLER mean?

SHOVELLER noun
  1. One who, or that which, shovels.
  2. Any of four species of dabbling duck, in the genus Anas, with distinctive spatulate bills.

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