Curly or shoestring morsel (3)

I believe the answer is:

fry

(Other definitions for fry that I've seen before include "Cook in fat; young fish" , "Christopher" , "Cook small fish this way" , "young children" , "Writer" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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