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Catches fish by degrees? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

angles

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This could be a double definition.

'catches fish' is the first definition.
(angling is a kind of catching fish)

'degrees?' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to thinking as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for angles that I've seen before include "crooks" , "Spaces between lines that meet" , "Ways of approaching" , "Attempts to catch one from school" , "Fishes with hook and bait" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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