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Father beginning to eat fish (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pope

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

'father beginning to eat' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pop' (pop is a kind of father).
'beginning to' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'eat' is 'e'.
'pop'+'e'='POPE'

(Other definitions for pope that I've seen before include "author" , "church leader in Rome" , "Poet - religious leader" , "Satirist" , "Head of Roman Catholic Church" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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