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A woman’s token of matrimony? Something fishy here (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

herring

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'something fishy here' is the definition.
(herring is a kind of fish)

'a woman's token' is the wordplay.
'a woman' becomes 'her' (her refers to a woman).
'token' becomes 'ring' (I have seen 'token of love' mean 'ring' so perhaps 'token' could also mean 'ring').
'her'+'ring'='HERRING'

'of matrimony?' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for herring that I've seen before include "Fish that's kippered" , "Fish that can be red and kippered!" , "Fish, often kippered" , "Fatty fish" , "Small silvery fish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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