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Did pirate provide pie for fish o eat? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

copied

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'did pirate provide pie' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'fish o eat?' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'cod' (type of fish).
'o' becomes 'pie' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'eat?' indicates putting letters inside.
'cod' enclosing 'pie' is 'COPIED'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for copied that I've seen before include "made a transcript" , "Imitated, reproduced" , "most sincerely flattered" , "Imitated or replicated" , "Imitated or recreated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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