Ford, for the third time, nearly upset witch (8)

I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

“nearly” all letters of RE RE CROS-[s], all reversed/”upset” “Ford” can mean to ‘cross’ a river, so ‘re-cross’ would be to ‘ford for the second time’, with ‘re-re-cross’ for the third time