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Cuba tampered with radar signals from sea-pike (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

barracuda

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'cuba' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

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(Other definitions for barracuda that I've seen before include "big fish" , "Marine attacker" , "Vicious swimmer" , "Voracious marine fish" , "Large predatory sea fish" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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