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Discontinued fish in to be stewed (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

obsolete

'discontinued' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fish in to be stewed' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'sole' (sole is a kind of fish).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'stewed' is an anagram indicator.
'to'+'be'='tobe'
'tobe' anagrammed gives 'obte'.
'sole' placed inside 'obte' is 'OBSOLETE'.

(Other definitions for obsolete that I've seen before include "Gone out of use and no longer effective" , "Pass" , "Discontinued" , "Outmoded, passe" , "No longer current" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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