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Dining room repeatedly gutted more seabass (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mess

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'dining room' is the definition.
(I know that mess is a type of dining room)

'repeatedly gutted more seabass' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'more' could be 'm' and 'm' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ess' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for mess that I've seen before include "Jumble" , "Where one might eat" , "hash" , "Canteen - chaos" , "pap" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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