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A dish with fish, all right (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hunky dory

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'all right' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'a dish with fish' is the wordplay.
'a dish with' becomes 'hunky' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fish' becomes 'dory' (dory is a kind of fish).
'hunky'+'dory'='HUNKY-DORY'

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(Other definitions for hunky dory that I've seen before include "album" , "From America, fine" , "Great" , "excellent" , "Splendid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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