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Doctor finding headless fish in swamp (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drench

'swamp' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'doctor finding headless fish' is the wordplay.
'doctor finding' becomes 'dr' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'headless' means to remove the first letter.
'fish' becomes 'tench' (tench is a kind of fish).
'tench' with its initial letter removed is 'ench'.
'dr'+'ench'='DRENCH'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for drench that I've seen before include "Soak, souse" , "draught?" , "Soak or saturate" , "Swamp" , "Wet thoroughly, soak" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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