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Curry perhaps with cold fish and rook? (3-6)

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I believe the answer is:

ice-skater

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'curry' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'with cold fish and rook?' is the wordplay.
'with cold' becomes 'ice' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'fish' becomes 'skate' (skate is a kind of fish).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'rook?' becomes 'R' (chess abbreviation).
'ice'+'skate'+'r'='ICE-SKATER'

'perhaps' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for ice-skater that I've seen before include "Torvill or Dean, say" , "One gliding over rink" , "Dean for one" , "Person gliding on frozen water" , "Winter sportsperson" .)

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