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Drop fish stew ingredients? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dumplings

'stew ingredients?' is the definition.
(a stew might contain dumplings)

'drop fish' is the wordplay.
'drop' becomes 'dump' (dumping is a kind of dropping).
'fish' becomes 'lings' (ling is a type of fish).
'dump'+'lings'='DUMPLINGS'

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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