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Eat fish in stews, rotten (6,3)

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I believe the answer is:

finish off

'eat' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'fish in stews rotten' is the wordplay.
'stews' indicates an anagram.
'rotten' becomes 'off' (rotten food is 'off').
'fish'+'in'='fishin'
'fishin' anagrammed gives 'finish'.
'finish'+'off'='FINISH OFF'

(Another definition for finish off that I've seen is " Complete - destroy - kill".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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