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Craftily obtain fish by weight (6)

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I believe the answer is:

wangle

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'craftily obtain' is the definition.
'wangle' can be an answer for 'obtain' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'craftily' bit.

'fish by weight' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'angle' (angle can mean to fish).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'weight' becomes 'w' (short for weight).
'angle' after 'w' is 'WANGLE'.

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(Other definitions for wangle that I've seen before include "Obtain craftily" , "Manipulate - falsify (a situation etc)" , "Obtain or arrange by using trickery" , "Deviously obtain" , "Obtain through influence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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