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Cram leek roughly into fish (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mackerel

'fish' is the definition.
(mackerel is a kind of fish)

'cram leek roughly' is the wordplay.
'roughly' indicates an anagram.
'cram'+'leek'='cramleek'
'cramleek' with letters rearranged gives 'MACKEREL'.

'into' is the link.

(Other definitions for mackerel that I've seen before include "Sea fish" , "Sea-fish" , "Food fish related to tuna" , "Small stripped fish, very tasty" , "Important food fish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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