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Slippery fish (3)

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eel

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">slippery fish</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for eel that I've seen before include "Slender fish" , "Snake-like sea creature" , "Snaky fish" , "Electric swimmer, perhaps?" , "Slippery swimmer (may be jellied)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Guardian, The Times, the Penny Press, the Universal, The New York Times, The Mirror, the USA Today, the Newsday, The Star Tribune and The Telegraph.
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