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A miser and his favourite fish? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cheapskate

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'a miser' is the definition.
(cheapskate is a kind of miser)

'his favourite fish?' is the wordplay.
'his favourite' becomes 'cheap' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fish?' becomes 'skate' (skate is a kind of fish).
'cheap'+'skate'='CHEAPSKATE'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for cheapskate that I've seen before include "Scrooge" , "One's tight" , "ungenerous person" , "Miserly type" , "Tightwad" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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