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Can grilling lead to fish feeling dull pain? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

tingling

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'feeling dull pain?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to thinking as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'can grilling lead to fish' is the wordplay.
'can' becomes 'tin' (both are metal containers).
'lead' says to take the initial letters.
'to fish' becomes 'ling' (ling is a kind of fish).
The initial letter of 'grilling' is 'g'.
'tin'+'g'+'ling'='TINGLING'

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(Other definitions for tingling that I've seen before include "feeling irritation" , "Mildly stinging" , "Glinting with itchy feeling in skin" , "Slight stinging sensation" , "Prickling or stinging sensation" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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