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Catch a percentage, half of nets hauled up (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

entrap

'catch' is the definition.
(to entrap is to catch with a trap)

'a percentage half of nets hauled up' is the wordplay.
'a percentage' becomes 'part' ('part' can be a synonym of 'percentage').
'half of' means to take half the letters.
'hauled up' is a reversal indicator.
'nets' cut in half is 'ne'.
'part'+'ne'='partne'
'partne' reversed gives 'ENTRAP'.

(Other definitions for entrap that I've seen before include "Set up" , "net" , "Deceive -- lead on" , "Frame -- stitch up" , "Trick or beguile for parent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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