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Disturbed the fish in different ways (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shaken

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'disturbed' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'fish in different ways' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'hake' (hake is a kind of fish).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'different ways' becomes 'sn' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'hake' going into 'sn' is 'SHAKEN'.

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for shaken that I've seen before include "Shocked; brandished" , "Jolted and shocked - like James Bond's martini?" , "Flourished" , "Agitated or disturbed" , "not left undisturbed" .)

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