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Bones in fish that's plain (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tundra

'plain' is the definition.
(tundra is a kind of plain)

'bones in fish' is the wordplay.
'bones' becomes 'dr' (I've seen this in other clues).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'fish' becomes 'tuna' (tuna is a type of fish).
'dr' placed into 'tuna' is 'TUNDRA'.

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tundra that I've seen before include "Vast flat treeless zone" , "Northern permafrost region" , "Area with frozen subsoi" , "where you might see caribou" , "Russian countryside?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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