Mark 2? (5)

Guardian Cryptic #29424 | 26 Across | 2024-07-02
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

Samuel Clemens wrote under the pseudonym Mark Twain, chosen for the cry indicating a river’s depth of two fathoms, safe for a Missisippi steamboat. Hardly a cryptic clue.

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