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Fine! I will tuck into fishy food for a starter (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rookie

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'for a starter' is the definition.

'fine i will tuck into fishy food' is the wordplay.
'fine' becomes 'ok' (synonyms).
'will tuck into' indicates putting letters inside.
'fishy food' becomes 'roe' (roe is a kind of food. I am not sure about the 'fishy' bit.).
'ok'+'i'='oki'
'oki' put into 'roe' is 'ROOKIE'.

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(Other definitions for rookie that I've seen before include "Novice" , "untested type" , "Raw recruit" , "new team member" , "Callow recruit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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