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Agitated Poles eating fish (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shaken

'agitated' is the definition.
('shake' can be a synonym of 'agitate')

'poles eating fish' is the wordplay.
'poles' becomes 'sn' (North and South poles).
'eating' indicates putting letters inside.
'fish' becomes 'hake' (hake is a kind of fish).
'sn' going around 'hake' is 'SHAKEN'.

(Other definitions for shaken that I've seen before include "Agitated or disturbed" , "Having been shocked or disturbed" , "Jolted and shocked - like James Bond's martini?" , "Shocked, unnerved" , "Astonished; vibrated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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