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Admired crew given fish as reward for service (6,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

golden handshake

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'reward for service' is the definition.
(golden handshake can mean a redundancy payment)

'admired crew given fish as' is the wordplay.
'admired' becomes 'golden' (as in phrases like golden boy).
'crew' becomes 'hands' (I've seen this in another clue).
'given' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'fish as' becomes 'hake' (type of fish. I am not sure about the 'as' bit.).
'golden'+'hands'+'hake'='GOLDEN HANDSHAKE'

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(Other definitions for golden handshake that I've seen before include "Reward for retiring" , "Ready to remove" , "Improved P45" , "severance pay" , "Parting gesture" .)

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