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An element of fishiness? (6)

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silver

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'an element' is the definition.
(silver is an element)

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(Other definitions for silver that I've seen before include "Pretty tree with peeling bark" , "Soft, white, precious metal" , "Movies" , "Change - Ag" , "old folk?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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