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A very loud fish creates a disturbance (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

affray

'a disturbance' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a very loud fish' is the wordplay.
'very loud' becomes 'ff' (musical abbreviation).
'fish' becomes 'ray' (ray is a kind of fish).
'a'+'ff'+'ray'='AFFRAY'

'creates' is the link.

(Other definitions for affray that I've seen before include "commotion" , "Fracas, noisy fight" , "Fish; had an odour" , "Breach of the peace by public rioting" , "Breach of peace through public fighting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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