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Chucks the fish aboard (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slings

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'chucks the fish aboard' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'chucks the fish aboard' is the wordplay.
'chucks' becomes 'ss' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'the fish' becomes 'ling' (ling is a kind of fish).
'aboard' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ss' enclosing 'ling' is 'SLINGS'.

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(Other definitions for slings that I've seen before include "Arm bandages; drinks" , "'''... to suffer the ... and arrows of outrageous fortune'' (Hamlet) (6)'" , "Supporters" , "Looped bandages for limb support or missile throwers" , "Catapults or arm supports" .)

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